Bunk
Plagiarism
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
hoaxes
Truth
Impostors and imposture
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Fraud
Deception
New York Times reviewed
History
"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 …
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