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Political Correctness: A History of Semantics and Culture (The Language Library)

By Geoffrey Hughes

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
ISBN
1405152788, 9781405152785, 1405152796, 9781405152792
LCC
BD175.5.P65 H84 2009
Google Books ID
TDi-l-bsBZoC
Open Library ID
OL23192747M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2161305 bytes)
Series
The Language Library
Edition
1
Pages
334\334
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

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 meansExplores 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 LarkinOffers 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

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