In Filthy English, journalist Peter Silverton provides a witty and comprehensive popular history of swearing, tracing its evolution in Britain from the religious blasphemy of the past to the contemporary shift toward racial and social taboos. Using the 1976 Sex Pistols television scandal as a cultural anchor, the book examines how profanity migrated from the "fringes of decency" into the media mainstream over three decades.
Silverton explores the etymology of notorious terms, the psychological impact of swearing on society, and the global nuances of "filth" across different cultures, all while celebrating the creative and expressive power of language's most prohibited
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