Disputes of offence : making sense of the discursive construction of political correctness

This thesis explores how Political Correctness (PC) is discursively constructed and has emerged in contemporary society as a cultural signifier for a new politics of language and identity. The thesis begins by arguing that the literature has not adequately reconciled the various tensions which conti...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fearon, Clare
Published: University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2015
Subjects:
306
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.689617