Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded

Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire

Business & Finance, Economics, Urban & Regional, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Folklore & Mythology
Cover of the book Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded by Alan Dundes, Carl R. Pagter, Wayne State University Press
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Author: Alan Dundes, Carl R. Pagter ISBN: 9780814337417
Publisher: Wayne State University Press Publication: December 1, 1992
Imprint: Wayne State University Press Language: English
Author: Alan Dundes, Carl R. Pagter
ISBN: 9780814337417
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Publication: December 1, 1992
Imprint: Wayne State University Press
Language: English
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.
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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.

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