Verlag: Peter Lang, 2009
ISBN 10: 3631594119 ISBN 13: 9783631594117
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.