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ERIC Number: EJ517228
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Confronting the PC "Debate": The Politics of Identity and the American Image.
Jones, Nancy Baker
NWSA Journal, v6 n3 p384-403 Fall 1994
Argues that political correctness is a politically motivated assault on liberalism and that the left's response indicates a fundamental cultural shift evidenced by the complex dynamics of the politics of identity. The article explains how political correctness began decades ago and why one cannot consider the issue a legitimate debate but rather political resistance for preserving conservative identification. (GR)
Descriptors: Conservatism, Cultural Pluralism, Labeling (of Persons), Liberalism, Political Attitudes, Social Change, Speech Communication, Traditionalism
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Eurocentrism; Political Correctness
Note: For related document, see UD 519 037. Journal availability: National Women's Studies Assn., Ablex Publishing Corp., 355 Chestnut St., Norwood, NJ 07648.