{"product_id":"9781668077054","title":"Four-Letter Nation: The Long Dirty History of American Profanity","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eJaffe, Steven H\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor four hundred years, Americans have been told to watch their language. For four hundred years, they haven’t listened.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Puritan colonies where blasphemy could earn you a whipping to Civil War camps, jazz clubs, comedy stages, rock festivals, rap lyrics, and presidential politics, \u003ci\u003eFour-Letter Nation\u003c\/i\u003e tells the surprising, rollicking history of America’s forbidden words—and shows that “bad language” has never been merely about bad manners.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe words Americans are not supposed to say have exposed our deepest fights over religion and respectability, class and power, sex and gender, race and rebellion, art and censorship. Again and again, the nation’s censors and reformers—what Jaffe calls the Word Police—have tried to purify American speech, protecting the country from moral ruin one dirty word at a time. And again and again, soldiers, singers, writers, radicals, presidents, and ordinary loudmouths have pushed back.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFunny, erudite, and full of startling stories, \u003ci\u003eFour-Letter Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is a history of America told through its most forbidden words. It reveals how profanity moved from sin to vulgarity to authenticity, how “low” language became a mark of candor and power, and why our dirtiest language says so much about who we are.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47370637738239,"sku":"9781668077054","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781668077054_s600x595.jpg?v=1781974598","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781668077054","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}