Slags on Stage
Slags on Stage weaves cultural analysis with poetry and art criticism to explore the concept of the ‘slag’ and its place in contemporary British culture.
The book traces the etymology of the word slag through the twentieth and into the twenty-first century, thinking through the ways ‘slag’ speaks to issues of class, sex and desire. Broadly, slag is an insult bound up with women’s sexual reputations...
Slags on Stage weaves cultural analysis with poetry and art criticism to explore the concept of the ‘slag’ and its place in contemporary British culture.
The book traces the etymology of the word slag through the twentieth and into the twenty-first century, thinking through the ways ‘slag’ speaks to issues of class, sex and desire. Broadly, slag is an insult bound up with women’s sexual reputations...
