{"product_id":"fuck-christopher-fairman-9781572487116","title":"Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e@$#*%! Our most taboo word and how the law keeps it forbidden.\u003c\/em\u003eThis entertaining read is about the word \"fuck\", the law, and the taboo. Whether you shout it out in the street or whisper it in the bedroom, deliberately plan a protest, or spontaneously blurt it out, if you say \"fuck,\" someone wants to silence you, either with a dirty look across the room or by making a rule that you cannot say the word. When it's the government trying to cleanse your language, though, you should worry. Words are ideas. If the government controls the words we use, it can control what we think. To protect this liberty, we must first understand why the law's treatment of \"fuck\" puts that freedom at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the law surrounding the word and reveals both inconsistencies in its treatment and tension with other identifiable legal rights that the law simply doesn't answer. The power of taboo provides the framework to understand these uncertainties. It also explains why attempts to curtail the use of \"fuck\" through law are doomed to fail. Fundamentally, it persists because it is taboo; not in spite of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Fairman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1572487119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781572487116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sphinx Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly Annex\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010","brand":"Christopher Fairman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45180285059327,"sku":"9781572487116","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fcdefd42-9425-4b47-901f-9547a30bed7f.jpg?v=1712897807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fuck-christopher-fairman-9781572487116","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}