Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing: Still More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire Contributor(s): Dundes, Alan (Author), Pagter, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814323588 ISBN-13: 9780814323588 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $26.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1991 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Humor | Topic - Business & Professional - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Business & Economics | Workplace Culture |
Dewey: 817.540 |
LCCN: 90-28451 |
Series: Humor in Life and Letters |
Physical Information: 1.18" H x 5.9" W x 9.01" (1.60 lbs) 436 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing documents the thriving folklore tradition that circulates in the workplace. Alan Dundes and Carl Pagter have collected more than two hundred and fifty "signs of the times"--the office memoranda, parodies, cartoons, and poems that daily make their way through copy machines, interoffice mail systems, and fax machines and are affixed to bulletin boards and water coolers. The rich vein of urban folklore tapped by this imaginative volume constitutes a great testament to one of the world's most prolific authors--anonymous. |