Pranksters : : Making Mischief in the Modern World / / Kembrew McLeod.
From BenjaminFranklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie Hoffman’sattempt to levitate the Pentagon, pranksters, hoaxers, and con artists have causedconfusion, disorder, and laughter in Western society for centuries. Profilingthe most notorious mischief makers from the 1...
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McLeod, Kembrew, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Pranksters : Making Mischief in the Modern World / Kembrew McLeod. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. This Is the Dawning of the Age of Enlightenment . . . and Pranks -- 2. Con Artists and Consumer Culture -- 3. Spirits in the Material World -- 4. Meet the Illuminati -- 5. The Golden Age of Newspaper Hoaxes -- 6. Political Pranksters -- 7. Prank Blowback -- 8. A Satanic Panic -- 9. Showbiz Tricksters and the Pop Underground -- 10. An Education in Pranks -- Conclusion: Reflections of a Prankster -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star From BenjaminFranklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie Hoffman’sattempt to levitate the Pentagon, pranksters, hoaxers, and con artists have causedconfusion, disorder, and laughter in Western society for centuries. Profilingthe most notorious mischief makers from the 1600s to the present day, Prankstersexplores how “pranks” are part of a long tradition of speaking truth to powerand social critique.Invoking such historical and contemporary figures as P.T. Barnum,Jonathan Swift, WITCH, The Yes Men, and Stephen Colbert, Kembrew McLeod showshow staged spectacles that balance the serious and humorous can spark importantpublic conversations. In some instances, tricksters have incited social change(and unfortunate prank blowback) by manipulating various forms of media, fromnewspapers to YouTube. For example, in the 1960s, self-proclaimed “professionalhoaxer” Alan Abel lampooned America’s hypocritical sexual mores by usingconservative rhetoric to fool the news media into covering a satirical organizationthat advocated clothing naked animals. In the 1990s, Sub Pop Recordsthen-receptionist Megan Jasper satirized the commodification of alternativemusic culture by pranking the New YorkTimes into reporting on her fake lexicon of “grunge speak.” Throughout thisbook, McLeod shows how pranks interrupt the daily flow of approved informationand news, using humor to underscore larger, pointed truths.Written in an accessible, story-driven style, Prankstersreveals how mischief makers have left their shocking, entertaining, andeducational mark on modern political and social life. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) Hoaxes History. Impostors and imposture History. Practical jokes History. Subculture History. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110728996 print 9780814796290 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814764367.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814764367 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814764367/original |
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