Profanity, Obscenity and the Media |
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Author:
| Lasky, Melvin J. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4128-3201-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $50.95 |
Book Description:
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In the second volume to his trilogy, Melvin J. Lasky documents the growing crisis affecting honest, thoughtful, and independent journalism in the Western world. Lasky's examination on the use of formerly forbidden language is a triumph of sinuous semantics. In his incisive analysis, we see the tortuous struggle of a once Puritanized literary culture writhing to break free of censorship and self-censorship. This volume on the phenomenon of profanity adds another dimension to Lasky's...
More DescriptionIn the second volume to his trilogy, Melvin J. Lasky documents the growing crisis affecting honest, thoughtful, and independent journalism in the Western world. Lasky's examination on the use of formerly forbidden language is a triumph of sinuous semantics. In his incisive analysis, we see the tortuous struggle of a once Puritanized literary culture writhing to break free of censorship and self-censorship. This volume on the phenomenon of profanity adds another dimension to Lasky's thesis on contemporary language.