31.1523, Books: Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels: Battistella

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Date: Tue, 05 May 2020 21:10:34
From:  Oxford University Press [HumanitiesMarketing at oup.com]
Subject: Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels: Battistella

 


Title: Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels 
Subtitle: Insulting the President, from Washington to Trump 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dangerous-crooked-scoundrels-9780190050900?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: Edwin L. Battistella

Hardback: ISBN:  9780190050900 Pages: 228 Price: U.S. $ 14.95


Abstract:

Political insults tell us what we value in our leaders by showing how we
devalue them. In "Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels", linguist Edwin Battistella
collects over five hundred insults aimed at American presidents. Covering the
broad sweep of American history, he puts insults in their place-the political
and cultural context of their times. Along the way, Battistella illustrates
the recurring themes of political insults: too little intellect or too much,
inconsistency or obstinacy, worthlessness, weakness, dishonesty, sexual
impropriety, appearance, and more. The kinds of insults we use suggest what
our culture finds most hurtful, and reveal society's changing prejudices as
well as its most enduring ones. How we insult presidents and how they react
tells us about the presidents, but it also tells us about our nation's
politics.

Readers discover how the style of insults evolves in different historical
periods: gone are "apostate," "mountebank," "flathead," and "doughface." Say
hello to "moron," "jerk," "asshole," and "flip-flopper." Dangerous Crooked
Scoundrels covers the broad sweep of American history, from the founder's
debates over the nature of government to world wars and culture wars and
social media.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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