Dirty Words

Dirty Words The Expressive Power of Taboo

Paperback (07 Jul 1977)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Taboo words are the subject of this text, which traces the psychic origins of dirty words to early infancy and childhood, and their place and value in life and analytic therapy. It refers to "dirty" words used by Rabelais, Quevado, Mozart, Voltaire, the Marquis de Sade, Joyce and Lawrence.

Book information

ISBN: 9781568217994
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
Imprint: Jason Aronson
Pub date:
DEWEY: 401.9
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 232
Weight: 284g
Height: 138mm
Width: 209mm
Spine width: 19mm