Kniha Political Correctness - A History of Semantics and Culture Geoffrey Hughes

Political Correctness - A History of Semantics and Culture

Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Pevná
Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele
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In this carefully researched, thought-provoking book, Geoffrey Hughes examines the trajectory of pol...

Informace o knize

Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Pevná
Vydáno
2009
Stránek
336
EAN
9781405152785
ISBN
1405152788
Enbook ID
04955408
Hmotnost
602
Rozměry
160 x 232 x 23

Kompletní popis

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

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