Damn the Man! by Tom Dalzell
Language plays an important role in the culture of dissent, and slang can serve as a means of defiance and liberation. It is no accident that the liveliest language in America is often the product of the ghetto, shtetl, slum, barrio, barracks, and prison yards, notes author Tom Dalzell. Slang becomes for the oppressed an outward and physical manifestation of a subversive refusal to be subservient a witty, humorous, and effective gesture of resistance.This fascinating survey examines hundreds of colorful expressions, each accompanied by examples of usage in books, movies, periodicals, and other sources. Vernacular sources include communities of African Americans, immigrant minorities, poor whites, gay men, the armed forces, prisoners, the workplace, and countercultures. Students of language and casual readers alike will savor this lively look at an age-old form of protest.
Dalzell, Tom: - Tom Dalzell has lived in Berkeley since 1984. He has worked as a lawyer for the labor movement for his entire adult life. He has written extensively about slang. He has been methodically walking the streets of Berkeley since late 2012 in search of quirky stuff, blogging about it since 2013. The New York Times described him as looking too strait-laced to be the arbiter of the eccentric. He accepts this verdict.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780486475912 |
| ISBN 10 | 0486475913 |
| Title | Damn the Man! |
| Author | Tom Dalzell |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Year published | 2010-12-22 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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