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Book SynopsisSlags on Stage weaves cultural analysis with poetry and art criticism to explore the concept of the âslagâ and its place in contemporary BritishâEnglish culture.
The book traces the etymology of the word slag through the twentieth and into the twenty-first century, thinking through the ways âslagâ speaks to issues of class, sex and desire. Broadly, slag is an insult bound up with womenâs sexual reputations â but beyond this it is a âkeyâ word that shapes how we debate and understand culture. For women coming-of-age in the United Kingdom in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries âslagâ produces complex feelings and has influenced how we have come to know ourselves and understand our sexual and quotidian desires. This book explores the terrain of slag and includes analyses of artworks by artists who have invoked the slag in their practice, such as Tracey Emin, Cash Carraway and Michaela Coel. Covering the cultural politics of clothing, motherhood, television
