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Sticks and stones : the philosophy of insults / Jerome Neu.
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View onlineVan Pelt Library BF463.I58 N48 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neu, Jerome.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Invective.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 292 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- On feeling insulted
- Honor : slaps and swords
- Insult in play and ritual
- Assault from the rear
- The language of abuse
- Insult in the law : fighting words, obscenity, and hate speech
- Insult in the law : libel and slander
- Insult in the law : blasphemy
- Insult humor
- To understand all is to forgive all
- or is it?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195314311
- 019531431X
- OCLC:
- 84903373
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