Melissa Mohr

Holy Sh*t

A Brief History of Swearing

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A humorous, trenchant and fascinating examination of how Western culture's taboo words have evolved over the millennia

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 144mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780199742677
• ISBN-10: 0199742677
• Artikelnr.: 36596855

Autorenporträt

Melissa Mohr holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance Literature from Stanford. This is her first book.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Romana Simplicitate Loqui: To Speak with Roman Plainness
Chapter 2: On Earth as It Is in Heaven
Chapter 3: Tearing God to Pieces: The Middle Ages
Chapter 4: The Rise of Obscenity: The Renaissance
Chapter 5: How Trousers Became Unmentionable and Legs Disappeared Altogether: The 18th and 19th Centuries
Chapter 6: The Law and Science of Swearing: The Twentieth Century
Conclusion