Profanity, Obscenity and the Media |
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| Editor:
| Lasky, Melvin J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7658-0220-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2004 |
| Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $82.50 |
Book Description:
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A study of communications and contemporary language, focusing on the use of profanity and obscenity in journalism and the media. Melvin J. Lasky critically evaluates the historic effort of the avant-garde of ""dirty realism"" to find a path towards what he calls ""a usable profanity"".
A study of communications and contemporary language, focusing on the use of profanity and obscenity in journalism and the media. Melvin J. Lasky critically evaluates the historic effort of the avant-garde of ""dirty realism"" to find a path towards what he calls ""a usable profanity"".