Pranksters

Author : Alison Williams
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004488793

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Tricksters and Pranksters by Alison Williams Pdf

This volume represents a contribution to comparative scholarship in Medieval and Renaissance studies in its investigation of the ingenious diversity of roguish practices found in Medieval and Renaissance literature and its recognition of the coherent normative function of tales of tricksters and pranksters. The wide variety of works analysed, from those forming part of the established canon of texts on undergraduate degree schemes to lesser-known works, makes the volume of interest to students and researchers alike. The roguish behaviour of women, priests, foxes and outlaws and the knavery of Eulenspiegel and Panurge are used to illustrate how rituals of inversion and humiliation typical of the medieval carnival are reflected in literary accounts of trickery, and to question whether the restorative function attributed to carnival celebration is equally to be found in the intra-textual and extra-textual outcomes of trickery. This analysis is supported by studies into the trickster in mythology, sociological investigations into the role of disorder, Bakhtinian theories of carnival and the carnivalesque, and theories of black humour.

Author : Kembrew McLeod
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780814764367

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Pranksters by Kembrew McLeod Pdf

From Benjamin Franklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie HoffmanOCOs 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, a Pranksters aexplores how OC pranksOCO 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 OC professional hoaxerOCO Alan Abel lampooned AmericaOCOs 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 thea New York Times ainto reporting on her fake lexicon of OC grunge speak.OCO 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, a Pranksters areveals how mischief makers have left their shocking, entertaining, and educational mark on modern political and social life."

Author : Mel Anthony
Publisher : Agio Publishing House
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781897435434

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Pranksters at Play by Mel Anthony Pdf

A VERY FUNNY BOOK! Chuckle and chortle with St. Timothy's pranksters as they lead you along their twisting, turning, craftily constructed schemes. Groan and grumble with their victims as they discover they've been led down the garden path. PRANKSTERS AT PLAY: TALES OUT OF SCHOOL is chock-a-block with, what else -- pranks! Reader beware, lest you become a victim yourself. You have been warned. Remember, in this book, as at St. Timothy's, "Nothing is ever exactly what it seems." "You're right, Emerson," said his teacher. "I suppose I've always known it. And, when I really think about it, only that awful man could be behind all this nonsense," she declared. "Oh, Ma'am," replied Emerson with a sharp intake of breath, "pranks aren't nonsense. Pranks are very serious business, Ma'am. If you're going to do them right." ABOUT THE AUTHOR, MEL ANTHONY Mel Anthony knows about pranks. For five years at boarding school (age 13 to 18) he was both a perpetrator and victim of pranks. Having reared three sons, practiced social work, retired to a sailboat and become engaged in relief work in Peru, he has found time to look back on a much more innocent, contented, carefree period in his life. AUTHOR'S NOTE: Royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to Christian-Out-Reach-Peru (Cristianos Obrando para Respaldar los Peruanos) to support relief work in and around Puente Piedra, Lima, Peru. For more information, please go to www.christian-out-reach-peru.com

Author : Steve Edsall
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453553145

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Cousins and Pranksters by Steve Edsall Pdf

Sven and Ariella are a couple in their twenties who meet through an online dating service. Despite many differences in their likes and dislikes, the two fall in love. During their courtship, Sven soon discovers there are peculiar figures in Ariella ́s family, some of whom are obviously disturbed. Unbeknownst to Sven, two of his friends have ties to Ariella ́s extended family and both have different roles in the bizarre family saga. Cousins and Pranksters is a past-paced, humorous contemporary novella with some unbelievable characters - including one that gets away with almost inconceivable mayhem. The absurdity of modern life is satirized and brought to life by an assortment of absurdly funny characters.

Author : Srdja Popovic,Sophia A. McClennen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501756061

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Pranksters vs. Autocrats by Srdja Popovic,Sophia A. McClennen Pdf

The Lawrence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world. The 2020 Brown Democracy Medal winner, Srdja Popovic, was a leader in the revolution that brought down the Milošević regime in Serbia and he continues to help protestors around the world learn effective, sometimes humorous, nonviolent tactics. In 2020, he teamed up with Sophia A. McClennen to study the concept of "dilemma actions," which offers a structured, strategic approach to fighting back against authoritarianism, as well as for defending democracy.

Author : Steve Edsall
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456821821

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Pranksters, Hooligans, and Big Lizards by Steve Edsall Pdf

Pranksters, Hooligans, and Big Lizards - An intense and suspenseful yet insightful comic work of fiction set in present-day North Carolina - Life is full of unexpected and unlikely situations, from unlikely occupations, mismatched couples to strange behavior. Sven and Ariella are newlyweds who find their career paths leading them to Charlotte, North Carolina where Buford, Ariellas mysterious cousin and prankster is hiding under an alias. At the same time, Ariellas parents each find their own peculiar callings in the city. In their move to Charlotte, the parents are accompanied by some strange yet comical figures with ambitions of their own, one of whom is a career criminal with a dangerous past and who runs a secret organization. It is the "hooligan" with the criminal past that ultimately becomes the first victim of two murders. To add to the suspense,the police learn that they have been foiled and have the wrong suspect in custody. Later on, after the second murder takes place,the authorities are baffled in their efforts to determine if the two murders are in any way related. By a strange sequence of events, "prankster" Buford finds himself at the scenes of both murders. In the midst of these violent acts, there is also a mystery surrounding two large lizards. Buford finds he may very well have met his match and finally be forced to retire or maybe he has just found a new partner in pranksterdom and the woman of his dreams. Sven and Ariella provide commentary on the unfolding events but in the process, they reveal hypocrisies about themselves. Each have their own perspective Sven proclaims to be a devout man of faith but Ariella prides herself on being a nonbeliever. But it is Ariellas hysterically odd grandmother Annabelle, a kind of all-knowing oracle with the wisdom of the ages, who has connections everywhere and knows almost everyones secrets in this wild contemporary comedy/mystery.

Author : Fred Lieb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Baseball
ISBN : UIUC:30112057152305

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Comedians and Pranksters of Baseball by Fred Lieb Pdf

Author : Shannon Penney
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338540386

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Purrfect Pranksters (Cutiecorns #2) by Shannon Penney Pdf

Puppypaw Island is being pranked: someone has ruined the magic lesson and sabotaged movie night. Can the Cutiecorns catch the prankster and stop the chaos?

Author : Toby Boraman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : UOM:39015079319128

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Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters by Toby Boraman Pdf

Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters captures some of the imagination, the audacity, the laughs and the wildness that animated many of the social movements of the sixties and seventies in Aotearoa/New Zealand. During this time, particularly from the late sixties to the early seventies, an astonishingly broad-based revolt occurred throughout the country. Thousands of workers, Maori, Pacific people, women, youth, lesbians, gays, students, environmentalists and others rebelled against authority. Innovative new styles and anarchistic methods of political dissent became popular. A colourful and energetic bunch of anarchists occasionally played significant roles in these struggles. Anarchists were prominent in the anti-nuclear, anti-Vietnam War, anti-US military bases, commune, unemployed and peace movements. Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters is a richly-detailed tale about a much neglected anti-authoritarian leftist current in Aotearoa/New Zealand history."

Author : Karen M. Staller
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0231124104

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Runaways by Karen M. Staller Pdf

During the 1960s and 1970s, the issue of runaways became a source of national concern. This text examines the programmes and policies that took shape during this period and the ways in which the ideas of the alternative services movement continue to guide our responses to at-risk youth.

Author : Derek Hill
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131657079

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Charlie Kaufman and Hollywood's Merry Band of Pranksters, Fabulists and Dreamers by Derek Hill Pdf

Since the late 1990s, a subversive element has been at work within the staid confines of the Hollywood dream factory. This new breed of American film captures the angst of its characters and the times in which we live. This title analyses and traces the origins of the pivotal films and directors in this war on the mundane.

Author : Theo Cateforis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780415975018

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The Rock History Reader by Theo Cateforis Pdf

The Rock History Readeris a collection of primary source material that brings to life the often contentious issues, arguments, conflicts and creative tensions that have defined rock's momentous rise and spread. The readings range from the vivid autobiographical accounts of such rock icons as Chuck Berry, Ronnie Spector, and David Lee Roth and the writings of noted rock critics like Lester Bangs and Simon Reynolds to a variety of selections from media critics, musicologists, fanzine writers, legal experts, sociologists and prominent political figures. With numerous readings that delve into the often explosive issues surrounding censorship, copyright, race relations, feminism, youth subcultures and the meaning of musical value, The Rock History Readertells the history of rock as it has been received and explained as a social and musical practice through its five-decade history.

Author : Michael J. Kramer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195384864

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The Republic of Rock by Michael J. Kramer Pdf

Michael Kramer draws on new archival sources and interviews to explore sixties music and politics through the lens of these two generation-changing places--San Francisco and Vietnam. From the Acid Tests of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters to hippie disc jockeys on strike, the military's use of rock music to "boost morale" in Vietnam, and the forgotten tale of a South Vietnamese rock band, The Republic of Rock shows how the musical connections between the City of the Summer of Love and war-torn Southeast Asia were crucial to the making of the sixties counterculture. The book also illustrates how and why the legacy of rock music in the sixties continues to matter to the meaning of citizenship in a global society today. --from publisher description

Author : Ben Phillips
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781788701143

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School of Pranks by Ben Phillips Pdf

Welcome to the School of Pranks! As the Professor of Pranks, I'm going to be dissecting the secret ingredients within my world famous viral pranks! In other words show you how to become the best prankster there ever was! I'm going to guide you through a whole year of school... from History, where you'll be taught about the 10 best pranks ever, to Art, Biology, Drama Chemistry, Physics and PE, where you'll learn 30 brand new pranks to complete your education. I'll also take you out on school trips and introduce you to the teachers... Unless you want to be a monkey like Elliot then I suggest you start reading! Or if you want to find your inner prankster I'm going to show you how, just follow this textbook and you too could become a Pranking Master... now get to class! SORRY BRO.

Author : Gregory Votolato
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : 0719045312

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American Design in the Twentieth Century by Gregory Votolato Pdf

Author Greg Votolato presents the intricate story of how design evolved as a profession and a leisure activity. Votolato demonstrates that design in affluent American culture is as much about personalization of the material world as it is about the performance and appearance of manufactured goods. 114 illustrations.