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Political Correctness: A History of Semantics and Culture (The Language Library)
Political Correctness A History of Semantics and Culture - The Language Library
Author: Geoffrey Hughes
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 t...  more »
  • 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
ISBN-13: 9781405152785
ISBN-10: 1405152788
Publication Date: 11/23/2009
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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