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.
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Runner-up for Oddest Book Title of the YearThe Guardian's Diagram Prize 2023 (United States).
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 Childrens 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
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 schools Outdoor/Environmental Journalism Certificate. He lives in St. Louis.
