Author: Jim DawsonPublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459619560
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
How this vulgar slang became a cultural archetype and the subject of Supreme Court rulings....
Author: Jim DawsonThe Motherfucker
Author: Xerxes WrightPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105890546
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
With society comes fuckery. Against fuckery stands The Motherfucker. Motherfuckers are believed to have existed since humans formed stable groups. They have served as informal regulators of social norms and guardians of the Code. Motherfuckers stand as defenders against fuckery and dickheadishness. With few exceptions, they have carried out their tasks in this regard in relative anonymity, often unaware of their calling. The Motherfucker is a study of the ways of its namesake. Narrated by Motherfucker Indeed, a student of this life of service, this work examines the manner by which a motherfucker may be known and how he or she must live.
Nine Nasty Words
Author: John McWhorterPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593421388
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The New York Times bestseller now in paperback. One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much. Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our ability to curse comes from a different part of the brain than other parts of speech--the urgency with which we say "f&*k!" is instead related to the instinct that tells us to flee from danger. Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic. In a particularly coarse moment, when the public discourse is shaped in part by once-shocking words, nothing could be timelier.
The Hug
Author: Asafa Tafarra DibabaPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465356436
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
In The Hug there can be a nasty side like anything else but that is not all the book brings to the table. Behind the poems is struggle. Struggle of the oppressed. Struggle of the poet with personal ayana (spirit). Pain, laughter. Success, failure. Much love, no much hate . Politics and poetics of exile, or raided humanity! And faith. (I said faith?) But what do we have faith in if one soul's god is anothers stone? It is just believe it and not. The meaning is in the "common ground".
Academia Obscura
Author: Glen WrightPublisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783523425
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
If you think the groves of academe are all stuffiness, elbow patches and greying old men... think again. Academia Obscura is an irreverent glimpse inside the ivory tower, exposing the eccentric and slightly unhinged world of university life. Take a trip through the spectrum of academic oddities and unearth the Easter eggs buried in peer reviewed papers, the weird and wonderful world of scholarly social media, and rats in underpants. Procrastinating PhD student Glen Wright invites you to peruse his cabinet of curiosities and discover what academics get up to when no one's looking. Welcome to the hidden silly side of higher education.
Legibility in the Age of Signs and Machines
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004376178
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This volume reflects on what legibility entails in today’s machinic world. It asks what makes cultural expressions, from literary texts, films, artworks and museum exhibits to archives, laws and algorithms, il/legible to whom or what, and with what consequences.
Mapping Queer Space(s) of Praxis and Pedagogy
Author: Elizabeth McNeilPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319646230
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This book explores intersections of theory and practice to engage queer theory and education as it happens both in and beyond the university. Furthering work on queer pedagogy, this volume brings together educators and activists who explore how we see, write, read, experience, and, especially, teach through the fluid space of queerness. The editors and contributors are interested in how queer-identified and -influenced people create ideas, works, classrooms, and other spaces that vivify relational and (eco)systems thinking, thus challenging accepted hierarchies, binaries, and hegemonies that have long dominated pedagogy and praxis.
Advertising Menswear
Author: Paul JoblingPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472558111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2014 In what was a golden age of British advertising, the notion of the 'peacock male' was a strong theme in fashion promotion, reflecting a new affluence and the emergence of stylish youth cultures. Based on a detailed study of rich archival material, this pioneering study examines the production, circulation and consumption of print, television and cinema publicity for men's clothing in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century. The study explores design issues and period style in advertising, the role of market research and consumer psychology in determining target audiences, the idea of the 'new man' in representing fashionable masculinities, and the various ways that menswear retailers and brands dealt with sex and gender, race, class and age. From y-fronts to Austin Reed suits to Levi's jeans, menswear advertising epitomised the themes, stereotypes, contradictions and ambiguities of masculinity in an age of great social change. This meticulously researched and detailed work of scholarship will be essential reading for students and scholars of fashion, history, sociology, advertising, media, cultural and gender studies.
Author: Geoffrey Nunberg