HSPLS site	Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   My Account   Databases   HI Newspaper   eBooks/Audiobooks   Learning   PC Reservation   Reading Program

Basic Advanced Power History

Search:  Title BrowseAuthor BrowseSubject BrowseBest Seller BrowseMusic Title BrowseVideo/DVD Title BrowseJournal/Newspaper Title BrowseSerial Title BrowseSeries Browse (includes Bestseller List)General KeywordTitle KeywordAuthor KeywordSubject KeywordName KeywordSeries KeywordScore Title BrowseTalking Book Title BrowseAwards Note BrowseBib No.Barcode       Refine Search     > You're searching: HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Kohan, Rafi, author.     Subjects     Invective -- Political aspects.     Invective -- Psychological aspects.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kohan, Rafi, author.       by title:      Trash talk : the onl...         MARC Display

Trash talk : the only book about destroying your rivals that isn't total garbage / Rafi Kohan. by Kohan, Rafi, author. New York : PublicAffairs, 2023 Subjects Invective -- Political aspects.   Invective -- Psychological aspects. ISBN:  9781541788916 (hardcover) : 1541788915 (hardcover) Description:  xxiii, 310 pages ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Preface -- Section I. In the beginning, there was smack : Look who's talking ; The business of trash talk ; A good heel is hard to find -- Section II. The art and science of talking shit : Are you a kangaroo? ; The most critical dimension ; The last 10 percent -- Section III. The answer to trash talk : How to respond (or not respond) ; The makings of mental toughness -- Section IV. The problem with the line : It's not commpliment battle ; When to blow the whistle ; A legit societal conversation. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In the age of hot takes and trolling, this expansive and funny study of the art and science of trash talk reveals something essential about public life--and even human nature. In the modern economy and culture, fame and virality have become increasingly difficult to separate from success. From athletes to comedians to politicians to big-ticket CEOs, everyone seemingly has to manage their brand. Saying the wrong thing is often more profitable than saying the right one. We are all, it seems, engaged in a giant insult comedy roast, even when we don't want to be. The tradition of talking trash goes back to ancient Greece, and is not always innocent fun. Who gets to do it to whom, how, and when? In this energetic and wide-ranging book, Rafi Kohan takes the measure of this sneakily important practice. Talking to historians, athletes, comedians, and more, he describes what they do and why they do it, and also asks why it's so central to the human experience. From military stress tests at Fort Bragg to the basketball court to the Jeff Ross Roast Battle, he writes about what's funny and what's mean, where the line is, and the consequences--sometimes severe--of crossing it. Trash Talk is full of good jokes and bad jokes, name-calling and moralizing. But it's also belonging, freedom, and how to live with other people"-- Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Adult New Books 179 Ko Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 179 Ko Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Adult Nonfiction 179 Ko Checked In Add Copy to MyList

Horizon Information Portal 3.0

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.