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