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Rooted : an Australian history of bad language
- Title
- Rooted : an Australian history of bad language / Amanda Laugesen.
- Author
- Laugesen, Amanda
- Publication
- Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- 314 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Bugger, rooted, bloody oath ... What is it about Australians and swearing? We've got an international reputation for using bad language and letting rip with a choice swear word or two. From the defiant curses of the convicts to the humour of Kath & Kim, Amanda Laugesen, Chief Editor of the Australian National Dictionary, takes us on an engrossing journey through the tumultuous history of Australia's bad language. Bad language has been used in all sort of ways in our history: to defy authority, as a form of liberation and subversion, and as a source of humour and creativity. It has also been used to oppress and punish, notably Indigenous Australians and women. Revealing the fundamental tensions, conflicts, preoccupations and anxieties that have shaped our past and continue to shape our present, the story of bad language is a story about what it means to be Australian.
- Subject
- English language > Australia > Obscene words
- English language > Australia > History
- Swearing > Australia
- English language > Social aspects > Australia
- English language > Dialects > History. > Australia
- Australianisms
- English language > Australia > Slang
- English language > Social aspects
- English language > Slang
- English language > Dialects
- English language
- English language > Obscene words
- Swearing
- Australia
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Australians and their bad language -- Establishing bad language in the colonies, 1788-1880 -- Making bad language Australian, 1880-1920 -- Censoring and liberating bad language, 1920-1980 -- Bad language everywhere, 1980s-present.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-2367
- ISBN
- 9781742236636
- 1742236634
- OCLC
- 1202028685
- Author
- Laugesen, Amanda, author.
- Title
- Rooted : an Australian history of bad language / Amanda Laugesen.
- Publisher
- Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-2367