Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded: Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire - Couverture souple

Dundes, Alan; Pagter, Carl R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0814324320 ISBN 13 : 9780814324325

Editeur : Wayne State University Press, 1993

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Dundes is a professor of anthropology and folklore at the University of California, Berkeley.

Carl R. Pagter is counsel and consultant for a large corporation in California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wayne State University Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814324320
• ISBN 13: 9780814324325
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 223
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible