Bunk : the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news / Kevin Young.
Bunk : the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news / Kevin Young.
Bunk : the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news / Kevin Young.
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Publisher
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2017]
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G 2018/1559
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English
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Physical content
560 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Book one: A history of the hoax. The American museum: on the madness of crowds. The age of imposture. Humbug ; P.T. Barnum ; Matthias the prophet ; The moon hoax ; Poe ; Tales -- The freaks of Dame Fortune. Joice Heth ; The mummy ; The mammy ; What is it? ; The Circassian beauty-- Splitfoot. Spiritu...
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Publisher
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Minnesota
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"Award-winning poet and critic Kevin Young traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon--the legacy of P.T. Barnum's 'humbug' culminating with the currency of Donald J. Trump's 'fake news'. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, with race being the most insidious American hoax of all. He...
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Full title
Bunk : the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news / Kevin Young.
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Rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-533) and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/1559
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74VKVNAg2opZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNAg2opZ
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ISBN
155597791X (hardcover)
9781555977917 (hardcover)
DDC
001.95
MMS ID
991024161917402626
