{"product_id":"in-praise-of-profanity-hardcover","title":"In Praise of Profanity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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!\" A town in Massachusetts levies $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 commonly used in mainstream music, Academy Award-winning films, books, and newspapers. And of course, regular people use them in conversation every day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eIn Praise of Profanity\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Adams offers a provocative, unapologetic defense of profanity, arguing that we've oversimplified profanity by labeling it as taboo. Profanity is valuable, even essential, both as a vehicle of communication and an element of style. As much as we may deplore it in some contexts, we should celebrate it in others. 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/em\u003e, James Kelman's \u003cem\u003eHow Late It Was, How Late, \u003c\/em\u003e or the songs of Nellie McKay. This breezy, jargon-free book will challenge readers to reconsider the way they think about swearing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Adams is Provost Professor of English Language and Literature at Indiana University, Bloomington, and author or editor of several books on language, including Slayer Slang (OUP, 2003), Slang: The People's Poetry (OUP, 2009), and From Elvish to Klingon (OUP, 2011). For many years, he was Editor of the journal Dictionaries, and he recently retired as Editor of the quarterly journal, American Speech.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762719195424,"sku":"9780199337583","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/33b37babe4994b51f2eb4d9d1c0b0ee8.webp?v=1780224294","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-praise-of-profanity-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}