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Title:
Fuck : word taboo and protecting our First Amendment liberties / Christopher M. Fairman.
Author:
Fairman, Christopher M.
Publication Information:
Naperville, Ill. : Sphinx Pub., c2009.
Call Number:
KF9444 .F35 2009
ISBN:
9781572487116
Physical Description:
xxii, 250 p. ; 17 cm.
Contents:
Why fuck? -- Ubiquitous fuck -- The power of taboo -- Fuck etymology -- Linguistics, psycholinguistics, and taboo -- Fuck fetish -- Fuck jurisprudence -- Them's fighting words! -- Obscenity: they know it when they see it -- "Fuck the draft": offensive and vulgar speech -- Pacifica, a pig in the parlor, and Powell -- Profanity, Private Ryan, and a Prada purse -- Genderspeak and the workplace -- Tinker's armband, but not Cohen's coat -- Fuck in teacher speech -- Fuck forever.
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