The Laughing Librarian: A History of American Library Humor - Couverture souple

Smith, Jeanette C.

 
9780786464524: The Laughing Librarian: A History of American Library Humor
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0786464526 ISBN 13 : 9780786464524
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2012

Synopsis

Despite the stodgy stereotypes, libraries and librarians themselves can be quite funny. The spectrum of library humor from sources inside and outside the profession ranges from the subtle wit of the New Yorker to the satire of Mad. This examination of American library humor over the past 200 years covers a wide range of topics and spans the continuum between light and dark, from parodies to portrayals of libraries and their staffs as objects of fear. It illuminates different types of librarians--the collector, the organization person, the keeper, the change agent--and explores stereotypes like the shushing little old lady with a bun, the male scholar-librarian, the library superhero, and the anti-stereotype of the sexy librarian. Profiles of the most prominent library humorists round out this lively study.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jeanette C. Smith, a Fellow of the Molesworth Institute, received the first-ever Edmund Lester Pearson Library Humor Award for a cautionary essay on the hazards of reading and driving. She has been a librarian since 1973 and a collector of library humor for almost as long. She lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786464526
ISBN 13 
9780786464524
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
239
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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