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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
NYU Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 spectacle. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 355 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814764367 (electronic bk.) |