160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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Media commentators have noted a rising public tolerance to the use of rude or offensive words in modern English. John Lydon’s obscene outburst on 'I’m a Celebrity…' only provoked a handful of complaints – a muted reaction compared to the furore following his use of the f-word on television twenty-eight years earlier.
This timely and authoritative exploration of rudeness in... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Mina Gorji; Part 1 The vulgar tongue; Chapter 2 ‘The indefinable something’, Lynda Mugglestone; Chapter 3 Poubellication, Valentine Cunningham; Chapter 4 Rude words, Tom Paulin; Part 2 British bawdy; Chapter 5 Orwell's dirty postcards, David Pascoe; Chapter 6 How Vizmade Britain ruder, Theo Tait; Chapter 7 Bosom of the nation, Rebecca Loncraine; Part 3 The limits of rudeness; Chapter 8 When Saturday comes, Crowley Tony; Chapter 9 Redefining rudeness, Deborah Cameron Index;
Biography
Mina Gorji is a Research Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford University, where her research interests include literary language and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature. She is the author of the forthcoming title John Clare and the Nature of Poetry.
'Vulgar uncles might also like Mina Gorji's Rude Britannia, a collection of essays on everything from the rise of Page Three to the changing nature of football chants' - The Daily Telegraph
'...a truly exciting and interesting read.' - John Clarke, ESCalate
