Culture Made Stupid
1st US version
AuthorTom Weller
Cover artistTom Weller
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreSatire
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Company
Publication date
1987

Culture Made Stupid (also spelled Cvltvre Made Stvpid, ISBN 978-0395404614) is a book written and illustrated by Tom Weller in 1987.

The book is subtitled "A Misguided Tour of Illiterature, Fine & Dandy Arts, & the Subhumanities", and it satirizes literature and the humanities. The book in its entirety is available online, in addition to several excerpts, including an authorized reprinting of Beowulf ond Godsylla .

Paul Krugman, a columnist for The New York Times, called the book a "neglected classic".[1]

Weller wrote a similar volume Science Made Stupid, satirizing science, which won the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book.

References

  1. Krugman, Paul (2009-02-18). "America's Motto". The New York Times. The Conscience of a Liberal. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2022-02-28.


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