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In Praise of Profanity

Autor Michael Adams
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 sep 2016
When President Obama signed the affordable health care act in 2009, the Vice President was overheard to utter an enthusiastic "This is a big f*** deal!" In 2003, Bono dropped the F-bomb while accepting a Golden Globe, prompting nation-wide debate. A town in Massachusetts leavens $20 fines on swearing in public. Nothing is as paradoxical as our attitude toward swearing and "bad language": how can we judge profanity so harshly in principle, yet use it so frequently in practice? Though profanity is more acceptable today than ever, it is still labeled as rude or at best tolerable only under specific circumstances. Cursing, many argue, signals an absence of character, or poor parenting, and is something to avoid at all costs. Yet plenty of us are unconcerned about the dangers of profanity; bad words are plainly recorded in dictionaries, and are commonly used in mainstream music, Academy Award-winning films, books, and newspapers. And of course, regular people use it in conversation every day. Clearly "dirty words" serve an important purpose. In In Praise of Profanity, Michael Adams offers a provocative, unapologetic defense of profanity, arguing that we've oversimplified profanity by labeling it as taboo, and we consistently fail to appreciate it as a legitimate means of expressing ourselves, either within our social relationships or in popular culture. Adams skillfully weaves together linguistic and psychological analyses of why we swear - for emotional release, as a way to promote group solidarity, or to create intimate relationships - with colorful examples of profanity in literature, TV, film, and music, such as The Sopranos, James Kelman's How Late It Was, How Late, or the songs of Nellie McKay. An entertaining look at the undeniable role of profanity in modern society, this book will challenge readers to re-consider the way they think about swearing.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780199337583
ISBN-10: 0199337586
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 150 x 211 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

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Anyone who loves the English language -- and who isn't afraid of its sharper edges -- will find In Praise of Profanity a welcome addition to their personal library.
an amusing look at language usage
Adams is well placed to explore the various debates over profanity ... ample food for thought and entertainment for anyone interested in the act, regardless of how much they swear ... a fine corrective.
In Praise of Profanity succeeds in conferring profundity on an underdog vocabulary.
Adams's work takes readers on a rich ride through history and culture on the value of swearing.

Notă biografică

Michael Adams is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at Indiana University, editor of the quarterly journal American Speech, and President-Elect of the Dictionary Society of America. Adams is author of From Elvish to Klingon (OUP 2011), Slang: The People's Poetry (OUP 2009), and Slayer Slang (OUP 2003).