Anthropology 223S - Cursing and Taboo Language

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Hamilton College

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Description:

Cussing and cursing are tools of boundary-making, play, performance, power, protest, and alarm. This course analyzes taboo language ranging from profane slurs, duels, and slip-ups, to the insidious mocking of language itself. Students do ethnographic fieldwork to test social rules and theories, while writing unconventional essays about cultural values, linguistic histories and psycho-social processes shaping "bad language." (Writing-intensive.) (Same as Religious Studies 223.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Fox Tree.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hamilton.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 859-4011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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