Amanda Montell
Autor(a) de Cultish: the Language of Fanaticism
About the Author
Amanda Montell is a writer and reporter from Baltimore whose writing has been featured in Marie Claire, Nylon, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, The Rumpus, Byrdie.com, and Who What Wear. Amanda graduated from NYU with a degree in linguistics and lives in Los Angeles. Her favorite English word is nook and her mostrar mais favorite foreign word is tartle, the Scottish term for when you hesitate while introducing someone because you've forgotten their name. mostrar menos
Obras por Amanda Montell
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (2019) — Narrador, algumas edições — 382 exemplares
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- Data de nascimento
- 1992-02-16
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- País (no mapa)
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Ocupações
- writer
linguist
podcast host - Agente
- Rachel Vogel (Dunow, Carlson & Lerner) [literary]
Olivia Blaustein (CAA) [film/tv]
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Membros
- 1,406
- Popularidade
- #18,272
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 43
- ISBN
- 22
- Línguas
- 1
How do these fit together in one book? They use language to lure and maintain a feeling of belonging...being part of something special with jargon that outsiders don't truly "get".
In the end, she writes, "it's important to maintain a vigilant twinkle in your eye.." an awareness that "there's some degree of metaphor and make - believe here....As long as you hang on to that, it's possible to engage with some cultish groups ".
Writing this book helped her develop compassion for those who have become enmeshed with a true cult.
Reading it has made me more aware of cultish language...from insider jargon, to code names, acronyms,mantras, and thought terminating cliches, it's all around us.… (mais)