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Political Correctness: A History of Semantics and Culture
Contributor(s): Hughes, Geoffrey (Author)
ISBN: 1405152788     ISBN-13: 9781405152785
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $123.45  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 306.01
LCCN: 2009012681
Series: Language Library
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.32 lbs) 336 pages
 
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In this carefully researched, thought-provoking book, Geoffrey Hughes examines the trajectory of political correctness and its impact on public life. Focusing on the historical, semantic, and cultural aspects of political correctness, it will intrigue anyone interested in this ongoing debate.
  • A unique and intriguing journey through the trajectory of political correctness and its impact on public life, focusing on the historical, semantic, and cultural aspects of what PC means
  • Explores the origins, progress, content and style of political correctness, discussing and analyzing around one hundred terms and lexical formations, from Chaucer and Shakespeare, Marlowe and Swift, to nursery rhymes, rap and Spike Lee films, David Mamet, J. M. Coetzee and Philip Larkin
  • Offers a detailed semantic analysis of the way that key words have been exploited both to advance the agendas of political correctness and to refute them