Political Correctness: A History of Semantics and CultureISBN: 978-1-4051-5278-5
Hardcover
336 pages
November 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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Acknowledgments xii
Epigraphs xiii
Part I Political Correctness and its Origins 1
Chapter 1 Defining Political Correctness 3
Chapter 2 The Origins and the Debate 60
Part II The Semantic Aspect 85
Chapter 3 Words and Authorities: Dictionaries and Lexicographers 87
Chapter 4 The Evolution of the Word Field 106
Part III Zones of Controversy 113
Chapter 5 Issues of Race, Nationality, and Difference 115
Chapter 6 Agendas Old and New 178
Part IV Cultural and Historical Issues 215
Chapter 7 Political Correctness in the Past 217
Chapter 8 Culture 236
Conclusion: The Right Thing to Do? Progressive Orthodoxy, Empty Convention or Double Standard? 283
Bibliography 298
Author and Subject Index 309
Word Index 317
