| Political Correctness: Mouth Wide Shut? Contributor(s): Kalaga, Wojciech (Editor), Mydla, Jacek (Editor), Ancuta, Katarzyna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631594119 ISBN-13: 9783631594117 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $86.31 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 418 |
| LCCN: 2010290202 |
| Series: Literary and Cultural Theory |
| Physical Information: 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book addresses and interrogates discursive and cultural practices that are (or can be seen as) related to the well-established if elusive phenomenon known as Political Correctness or PC. The individual contributors look into PC-related cases within the humanities, literature, and the media. Accordingly, the publication is divided into three sections: Part I, Revisiting the Issue: History, Theory, Language , examines PC in the contexts of three types of discourse: historical, theoretical and ideological, and linguistic. Part II, Literary Case Studies , offers examinations of chosen literary works and authors. Part III, The Media , looks at manifestations of PC-related issues in film and the popular magazine. Altogether the publication shows a variety of approaches to the PC phenomenon. The assumption of the editors is that while PC has indubitably penetrated contemporary culture, it continues to stir controversy. This scholarly debate is a response to what may be described as PC's universal reign. |