TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chirico,Rob
AU  - Chirico,Rob
AU  - Allan,Keith
TI  - Damn!: A Cultural History of Swearing in Modern America
SN  - 9781939578761
AV  - PE3724.O3 -- .C457 2014eb 
U1  - 394 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Pitchstone Publishing
KW  - English language -- United States -- Obscene words -- History
KW  - English language -- United States -- Obscene words
KW  - English language -- United States -- Swear words -- History
KW  - English language -- United States -- Swear words
KW  - Swearing -- United States -- History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Keith Allan -- Introduction: Frankly, My Dear, I Do Give a Damn! -- 1. What's in a Dirty Word? -- 2. What's Sex Got to Do with It? -- 3. You're in the Fucking Army Now! -- 4. Swearing, a Game Anyone Can Play -- 5. All the News That's Fit to Print -- 6. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught -- 7. You Have the Words, My Dear, but I'm Afraid You'll Never Master the Tune -- 8. Word on the Street -- 9. Is Nothing Sacrilegious … Yet? -- Appendix: Bird is the Word -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
N2  - Swearing, cussing, or cursing, out of anger, excitement, or just because, is something most of us do, at least to some degree. Turn on the television or open a magazine, and there it is. Damn! is an insightful and entertaining look at our evolving use of profanity over the last half-century or so, from a time when Gone with the Wind came under fire for using the word "damn" to an age where the f-bomb is dropped in all walks of life. Writer and artist Rob Chirico follows the course of swearing through literature, the media, and music, as well as through our daily lives. From back rooms and barracks to bookshelves and Broadway; and from precedents to presidents, the journey includes such diverse notables as George Carlin, the Simpsons, D. H. Lawrence, Ice T, Barack Obama, Nietzsche, and, of course, Lenny Bruce. If you have ever stopped and wondered WTF has happened to our American tongue, don't get out the bar of soap until you finish Damn!
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