Pranksters :: making mischief in the modern world /
From Benjamin Franklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie Hoffman's attempt to levitate the Pentagon, pranksters, hoaxers, and con artists have caused confusion, disorder, and laughter in Western society for centuries. Profiling the most notorious mischief makers f...
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| Zusammenfassung: | From Benjamin Franklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie Hoffman's attempt to levitate the Pentagon, pranksters, hoaxers, and con artists have caused confusion, disorder, and laughter in Western society for centuries. Profiling the most notorious mischief makers from the 1600s to the present day, Pranksters explores how "pranks" are part of a long tradition of speaking truth to power and social critique. Invoking such historical and contemporary figures as P.T. Barnum, Jonathan Swift, WITCH, The Yes Men, and Stephen Colbert, Kembrew McLeod shows how staged spectacles that balance the serious and humorous can spark important public conversations. In some instances, tricksters have incited social change (and unfortunate prank blowback) by manipulating various forms of media, from newspapers to YouTube. For example, in the 1960s, self-proclaimed "professional hoaxer" Alan Abel lampooned America's hypocritical sexual mores by using conservative rhetoric to fool the news media into covering a satirical organization that advocated clothing naked animals. In the 1990s, Sub Pop Records then-receptionist Megan Jasper satirized the commodification of alternative music culture by pranking the New York Times into reporting on her fake lexicon of "grunge speak." Throughout this book, McLeod shows how pranks interrupt the daily flow of approved information and news, using humor to underscore larger, pointed truths. Written in an accessible, story-driven style, Pranksters reveals how mischief makers have left their shocking, entertaining, and educational mark on modern political and social life |
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| spelling | McLeod, Kembrew, 1970- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvCQ7VkVKpQdTt7qcXcfq http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00107550 Pranksters : making mischief in the modern world / Kembrew McLeod. New York : New York University Press, ©2014. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-332) and index. Print version record. Cover -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- About the Author. From Benjamin Franklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie Hoffman's attempt to levitate the Pentagon, pranksters, hoaxers, and con artists have caused confusion, disorder, and laughter in Western society for centuries. Profiling the most notorious mischief makers from the 1600s to the present day, Pranksters explores how "pranks" are part of a long tradition of speaking truth to power and social critique. Invoking such historical and contemporary figures as P.T. Barnum, Jonathan Swift, WITCH, The Yes Men, and Stephen Colbert, Kembrew McLeod shows how staged spectacles that balance the serious and humorous can spark important public conversations. In some instances, tricksters have incited social change (and unfortunate prank blowback) by manipulating various forms of media, from newspapers to YouTube. For example, in the 1960s, self-proclaimed "professional hoaxer" Alan Abel lampooned America's hypocritical sexual mores by using conservative rhetoric to fool the news media into covering a satirical organization that advocated clothing naked animals. In the 1990s, Sub Pop Records then-receptionist Megan Jasper satirized the commodification of alternative music culture by pranking the New York Times into reporting on her fake lexicon of "grunge speak." Throughout this book, McLeod shows how pranks interrupt the daily flow of approved information and news, using humor to underscore larger, pointed truths. Written in an accessible, story-driven style, Pranksters reveals how mischief makers have left their shocking, entertaining, and educational mark on modern political and social life English. Practical jokes History. Hoaxes History. Impostors and imposture History. Subculture History. Canulars Histoire. Subculture Histoire. REFERENCE Questions & Answers. bisacsh Hoaxes fast Impostors and imposture fast Practical jokes fast Subculture fast History fast has work: Pranksters (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFR8gD3c6Ctt74qk347wkC https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: 9780814796290 081479629X (DLC) 2013029825 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1021028 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | McLeod, Kembrew, 1970- Pranksters : making mischief in the modern world / Cover -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- About the Author. Practical jokes History. Hoaxes History. Impostors and imposture History. Subculture History. Canulars Histoire. Subculture Histoire. REFERENCE Questions & Answers. bisacsh Hoaxes fast Impostors and imposture fast Practical jokes fast Subculture fast |
| title | Pranksters : making mischief in the modern world / |
| title_auth | Pranksters : making mischief in the modern world / |
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| title_full | Pranksters : making mischief in the modern world / Kembrew McLeod. |
| title_fullStr | Pranksters : making mischief in the modern world / Kembrew McLeod. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pranksters : making mischief in the modern world / Kembrew McLeod. |
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| topic | Practical jokes History. Hoaxes History. Impostors and imposture History. Subculture History. Canulars Histoire. Subculture Histoire. REFERENCE Questions & Answers. bisacsh Hoaxes fast Impostors and imposture fast Practical jokes fast Subculture fast |
| topic_facet | Practical jokes History. Hoaxes History. Impostors and imposture History. Subculture History. Canulars Histoire. Subculture Histoire. REFERENCE Questions & Answers. Hoaxes Impostors and imposture Practical jokes Subculture History |
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