Why Don't Sheep Shrink when It Rains?: A Further Collection of Photocopier Folklore FROM THE PUBLISHER
Alan Dundes and Carl R. Pagter once again pull from their archives of "photocopylore" an unexpurgated collection of nearly two hundred examples of the fake memos, pseudo mottoes, and folk cartoons that are transmitted by FAX, e-mail, and the internet at rates that are growing exponentially each day. Their book annotates and treats new examples of photocopylore, contemporary legends, and graffiti as cultural artifacts recording folklore arid culture in the post-print era.
The themes displayed in this uncensored authentic sampling of Americana provide a unique barameter of the principal problems and anxieties faced by virtually everyone living in urban late twentieth-century society.
SYNOPSIS
In the tradition of their four other collections of "photocopylore," Dundes (anthropology and folklore, U of California, Berkeley) and a retired attorney collate unexpurgated examples of electronically transmitted faux office memos, urban myths, jokes, and cartoons reflecting modern anxieties. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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