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RANKIN F*CK Y*U CELEBS FLIP THE BIRD
INSULTS FLY ON EVERY PAGE OF F*CK Y*U BY RANKIN.
A PUBLICATION WHICH COLLATES RANKIN'S MOST ICONIC MODEL AND CELEBRITY SITTERS. EACH PORTRAIT SEES THE FAMED PHOTOGRAPHER BEING GIVEN THE ONE FINGER SALUTE IN A SERIES OF NOTORIOUSLY CHEEKY PHOTOGRAPHS - INCLUDING THE LIKES OF KATY PERRY, MILEY CYRUS, ROBERT DOWNEY JR, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, RUPERT GRINT AND HEIDI KLUM.
A FUN AND PROVOCATIVE LOOK AT MODERN CELEBRITY, F*CK Y*U ASKS THE QUESTION: WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF THIS OBSCENE WESTERN HAND GESTURE? AND IS IT REALLY THAT OBSCENE TODAY?
INCLUDING TEXTS FROM: DR PAUL RIXON, DISCUSSING THE ORIGINS AND HISTORIAL CONTEXT OF GIVING THE FINGER; PUNK HISTORIAN JON SAVAGE ON FLIPPING THE BIRD IN POPULAR MUSIC ICONORGAPHY; AND AUTHOR IRVINE WELSH ON RANKIN'S PLAYFUL AND ICONIC STYLE.
PUBLISHED - 2014
PAGES - 325
ISBN - 978-0957213555
PUBLISHER - RANKIN PUBLISHING LTD.
RANKIN F*CK Y*U CELEBS FLIP THE BIRD
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