Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing: Still More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire
(Part of the Humor in Life and Letters Series)
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Book Overview
Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing documents the thriving folklore tradition that circulates in the workplace. Alan Dundes and Carl Pagter have collected more than two hundred and fifty "signs of the times"-the office memoranda, parodies, cartoons, and poems that daily make their way through copy machines, interoffice mail systems, and fax machines and are affixed to bulletin boards and water coolers. The rich vein of urban folklore tapped by this...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:081432357X
ISBN13:9780814323571
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Wayne State University Press
Length:436 Pages
Weight:1.58 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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Business Business & Investing Business & Professional Criticism & Theory Economics Education & Reference Fairy Tales Folklore Folklore & Mythology History & Criticism Humor Humor & Entertainment Humorous Mythology & Folk Tales Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Urban LegendsCustomer Reviews
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Fascinating Look at American folk humor
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Great fun, and a fascinating look at urban legend and myth. Copiers gave the joke new life, as bits of popular wisdom spread through offices and then around the country. Not unlike the funny-forwards epidemic on today's eMail networks, this book captures the growth of folk humor in a thoroughly enjoyable way! Complete with behavioral annotations that peek just below the laughter. Highly recommended!
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