Holy shit : a brief history of swearing / / Melissa Mohr
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| Autore: |
Mohr Melissa
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| Titolo: |
Holy shit : a brief history of swearing / / Melissa Mohr
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 316 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 417/.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language - History |
| English language - Obscene words - History | |
| English language - Slang - History | |
| English language - Social aspects - History | |
| Swearing - History | |
| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. To Speak with Roman Plainness: Ancient Rome -- 2. On Earth as It Is in Heaven: The Bible -- 3. Swearing God to Pieces: The Middle Ages -- 4. The Rise of Obscenity: The Renaissance -- 5. The Age of Euphemism: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 6. "Fuck 'Em All": Swearing in the Twentieth Century and Beyond -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- CREDITS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A humorous and lively history of the English language in four letters, containing original research into swearing and how Western culture's taboo words have evolved. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Holy shit |
| ISBN: | 0-19-991156-8 |
| 1-299-45671-5 | |
| 0-19-990847-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813941403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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