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By Angelique Haugerud

ISBN-10: 0804781524

ISBN-13: 9780804781527

ISBN-10: 0804781532

ISBN-13: 9780804781534

transforming into fiscal inequality, company impact in politics, an eroding center type. Many american citizens go away it to politicians and the media to discuss those themes within the public sphere. but different possible usual american citizens have determined to go into the dialog of wealth in the United States via wearing ball robes, tiaras, tuxedos, and best hats and taking up the imagined roles of rich, strong, and fully fictional characters. Why? In No Billionaire Left Behind, Angelique Haugerud, who embedded herself in the "Billionaires" and used to be granted the identify "Ivana Itall," explores the interior workings of those pretend billionaires and mines the depths of democracy's dating to political humor, satire, and irony.
No Billionaire Left Behind is a compelling research into how satirical activists take on of the main contentious themes in modern American political tradition: the more and more profound department of wealth in the US, and the position of huge cash in electoral politics. Anthropologist and writer Angelique Haugerud deftly charts the evolution of a bunch named the Billionaires—a widespread community of satirists and activists who make a mockery of wealth in America—along with different satirical teams and figures to puzzle out their effect on politics and public opinion. within the spirit of renowned courses like The Colbert record and The day-by-day Show, the Billionaires exhibit a worldly wisdom of economics and public affairs throughout the lens of satire and humor. via player commentary, interviews, and archival study, Haugerud offers the 1st ethnographic research of the ability and boundaries of this evolving type of political organizing during this witty exploration of 1 group's efforts to elevate desire and encourage motion in America's present political climate.

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