{"product_id":"profanity-obscenity-and-the-media-02-language-of-journalism-9780765802200","title":"Profanity Obscenity and the Media 02 Language of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the second volume of Melvin J. Lasky''s \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLanguage of Journalism \u003c\/em\u003eseries, praised as a brilliant and original study in communications and contemporary language, and as a joy to read. When it was first published, it broke ground in focusing on the comparative styles and prejudices of mainstream American and British newspapers, and in its trenchant analysis of their systematic debasement of language in the face of obligatory platitudes and compulsory euphemisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLasky documents the growing crisis affecting honest, thoughtful, and independent journalism in the Western world. He extends the scope of his first volume in the trilogy and deepens the interpretation. He also adds a personal touch of wit and anecdote, as one might expect from an experienced international journalist and historian. Lasky''s examination of the use of formerly forbidden language is a triumph of sinuous semantics. In his incisive analysis, we see the tortuous struggle of a once Pur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Towards a Theory of Journalistic Malpractice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. From A. N. Whitehead to Irving Kristol\u003cbr\u003e Illusions and Self-Deception\u003cbr\u003e Hard Facts and Soft Future\u003cbr\u003e Adversarial Culture\u003cbr\u003e \"Sensations\": From Silent Images to Talking Pictures\u003cbr\u003e Art News and New Art\u003cbr\u003e Of Nihilism and Mendacity\u003cbr\u003e2. The Little Lie and the Big Story\u003cbr\u003e Hitler's Hoax\u003cbr\u003e The Counterfeiter's Fiction\u003cbr\u003e Mysteries of the Piltdown Forgery\u003cbr\u003e3. Difficulties in Grappling with Reality\u003cbr\u003e The Reporter Rearranges the Scene\u003cbr\u003e Janet Cooke and the Color of Truth\u003cbr\u003e The Duping of Hersh's \"Camelot\"\u003cbr\u003e Martin Walser's \"Catechism of Correctness\"\u003cbr\u003e4. The New Shamanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Sex and Other Ongoing Titillations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. The Ennui of Obscenity\u003cbr\u003e Between Sexual Virility and Erotic Fatigue\u003cbr\u003e Low Notes in High C\u003cbr\u003e A-Word to S-Word, and their Synonyms\u003cbr\u003e Of Ideology and Scatology\u003cbr\u003e The Snafu Known as Swag\u003cbr\u003e Filling Out the Missing Details\u003cbr\u003e Private Parts, Public Lives\u003cbr\u003e Alphabet Soup\u003cbr\u003e Mr. Bloomberg's \"$!*@\u0026amp;\"\u003cbr\u003e6. \"O Propheta\"\u003cbr\u003e The Last Refuge\u003cbr\u003e Porno Ploys and Crackable Codes\u003cbr\u003e A*c*c*o*m*p*l*i*c*e*s, or: Participatory Obscenity\u003cbr\u003e Steiner and Burgess On \"Love\"\u003cbr\u003e7. Chaucer and a Choice of Taboo Words\u003cbr\u003e8. Strong Odors, Blurred Pictures\u003cbr\u003e9. Obsessions with the S-Word\u003cbr\u003e10. The Case of the Missing F**r-L****r Word\u003cbr\u003e11. Asterisks: From Byron to Madonna\u003cbr\u003e12. Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad F-Word?\u003cbr\u003e13. Tiger, the Times, and a Dreaded Black Asterisk\u003cbr\u003e14. Morphing the A-Word\u003cbr\u003e15. Terms of Agreement and Endearment\u003cbr\u003e16. The Mergenthaler Option\u003cbr\u003e17. A Matter of Illegitimacy\u003cbr\u003e18. The Guard that Failed\u003cbr\u003e19. The Desperate Search for \"the Good Bits\"\u003cbr\u003e Sporting Language\u003cbr\u003e Tom Jones and the Language Police\u003cbr\u003e20. Swearing is the Curse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Literary Origins and Popular Consequences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21. Sources of Malpractice\u003cbr\u003e22. From Wordsworth to Orwell and Hemingway\u003cbr\u003e23. The Prose We Write and Speak\u003cbr\u003e24. Dealing with the Grandmother Tongue\u003cbr\u003e The Continuing Domestication of Yiddishisms\u003cbr\u003e Leo Rosten's Gallimaufry\u003cbr\u003e25. Quotations that were Unquoted\u003cbr\u003e26. Dirty Realism in the White House and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e27. Towards a Vocabulary of Pop Diplomacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577460003159,"sku":"9780765802200","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780765802200.jpg?v=1746095409","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/profanity-obscenity-and-the-media-02-language-of-journalism-9780765802200","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}