This exhaustive work on flatulence breaks new wind on every aspect of abdominal gas in popular culture. A definitive taxonomy of farts details the characteristics of each variety, including barking spiders, cheek squeakers and green apple dirties. Philosophical positions on colonic expression are examined, from Confucius, Hume, Voltaire and the existentialists. Chapters cover a wide range of fart-focused stand-up comedy, cinema, children's books, toys and merchandise. The author's postscript describes a lifetime preparing for his subject through fraternity membership and offbeat assignments as a newspaper journalist.…mehr
This exhaustive work on flatulence breaks new wind on every aspect of abdominal gas in popular culture. A definitive taxonomy of farts details the characteristics of each variety, including barking spiders, cheek squeakers and green apple dirties. Philosophical positions on colonic expression are examined, from Confucius, Hume, Voltaire and the existentialists. Chapters cover a wide range of fart-focused stand-up comedy, cinema, children's books, toys and merchandise. The author's postscript describes a lifetime preparing for his subject through fraternity membership and offbeat assignments as a newspaper journalist.
Don H. Corrigan is the editor emeritus for the Webster-Kirkwood Times weekly newspapers in St. Louis, where he has written on the outdoors and environment for four decades. He is a professor emeritus of Webster University, where he directed student studies for the school's Outdoor/Environmental Journalism Certificate. He lives in St. Louis.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Clearing the Air: Fart Disinformation 1. Covid Conspiracy: "Not Silent, But So Deadly" 2. Fanning the Flames of Fart Conspiracies 3. Farts Classified: Spiders, Ducks, and Squeakers 4. Tormented Gas Passer: Know Thyself 5. Briefly Explained: Farts in Literature 6. Noise Over Children's Fart Books 7. News Coverage: Law and Odor 8. Breaking Bad: Entertainment Media 9. Farts in Film: Memorable Masterpieces 10. Merchandising of Fart Gifts 11. Farts: All About Male Bonding? 12. Farting Goddesses Air Grievances 13. Protest Farts: We Shall Not Be Moved 14. Waxing Philosophically About Farts Postscript: For the Love of Farting Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Clearing the Air: Fart Disinformation 1. Covid Conspiracy: "Not Silent, But So Deadly" 2. Fanning the Flames of Fart Conspiracies 3. Farts Classified: Spiders, Ducks, and Squeakers 4. Tormented Gas Passer: Know Thyself 5. Briefly Explained: Farts in Literature 6. Noise Over Children's Fart Books 7. News Coverage: Law and Odor 8. Breaking Bad: Entertainment Media 9. Farts in Film: Memorable Masterpieces 10. Merchandising of Fart Gifts 11. Farts: All About Male Bonding? 12. Farting Goddesses Air Grievances 13. Protest Farts: We Shall Not Be Moved 14. Waxing Philosophically About Farts Postscript: For the Love of Farting Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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