Rude Britannia
By: edited by Mina Gorji.
Contributors: Gorji, Mina, 1975-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415382762; 9780415382779
Subjects: Conduct of life -- History -- 20th century; Conduct of life -- History -- 21st century; Discourse analysis -- Social aspects -- Great Britain; National characteristics, British -- History -- 20th century; National characteristics, British -- History -- 21st century; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
Table of contents: title: Rude Britannia? / Mina Gorji; title: "The indefinable something" : representing rudeness in the English dictionary / Lynda Mugglestone; title: Poubellication : in the lexical dunny with the furphy king from down under / Valentine Cunningham; title: Rude words / Tom Paulin; title: Orwell's dirty postcards / David Pascoe; title: How viz made Britain ruder / Theo Tait; title: Bosom of the nation : page three in the 1970s and 1980s / Rebecca Loncraine; title: When Saturday comes : the boundaries of football rudeness / Tony Crowley.