{"product_id":"9781350644090","title":"Contesting Literature A Conceptual History of ‘Political Correctness’","description":"\u003ch1\u003eContesting Literature\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Conceptual History of ‘Political Correctness’\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMagnus Ullén\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Modern \/ 20th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFocusing on the curiously contemporary concept of 'political correctness', this open access book is the first study to systematically trace its development, and to link it to concurrent developments in literary theory.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Perhaps no other concept has so drastically altered the nature of contemporary public debate as that of political correctness. The concept rose to public awareness in the early 1990s in relation to debates about higher education in the US, and has become the hub of debates about ethnicity, feminism, free speech, and democracy ever since.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on materials made available digitally through large databases, as well as texts ranging from feminist classics to terrorist manifestos, this book tells the story of how 'political correctness' goes from being a strategic method within the feminist movement, to becoming a conspiratorial concept that casts feminists and other champions of oppressed groups as 'thought police' threatening free speech, or woke terrorists whose freedom of speech must be curtailed to ensure social stability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMagnus Ullén\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Stockholm University, Sweden.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 July 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350644090\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62308166697100,"sku":"9781350644090","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3bc1f1f9-ef4b-41b6-ac27-34f07bf29a6b.jpg?v=1791347558","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350644090","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}