Work hard and you shall be rewarded : urban folklore from the paperwork empire / / Alan Dundes and Carl R. Pagter
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| Autore: |
Dundes Alan
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| Titolo: |
Work hard and you shall be rewarded : urban folklore from the paperwork empire / / Alan Dundes and Carl R. Pagter
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| Pubblicazione: | Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c1992 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 398.2/0973/091732 |
| Soggetto topico: | Office practice - United States - Folklore |
| Urban folklore - United States | |
| American wit and humor | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Social life and customs 1971- |
| Altri autori: |
PagterCarl R. <1934->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""TRADITIONAL LETTERS""; ""DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES""; ""NOVEL NOTICES AND MEMORABLE MEMOS""; ""APPLICATIONS AND TESTS""; ""FOLK CARTOONS AND DRAWINGS""; ""THE EXTENDED DOUBLE ENTENDRE""; ""CONCLUSIONS"" |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Anyone who has ever filled in a form in triplicate, taken an aptitude test, or been rebuffed by a form letter will appreciate the urban folklore found in this collection. Urban people as a folk are bound together by their unhappy experiences in battling "the system," whether that system is the machinery of government or the office where one works. The wonderfully expressive materials in this book-chain letters, memoranda, notices, and cartoons-touch upon every major controversy of urban America: racism, sex, politics, automation, alienation, welfare, the women's movement, military mentality, and office bureaucracy. The humor of the materials pinpoints the ills and frustrations of modern society and becomes, in turn, an escape from them. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Work hard and you shall be rewarded |
| ISBN: | 0-8143-3741-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910955986903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Humor in Life and Letters Series