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Reinelt, Janelle G. (2011) The performance of political correctness. Theatre Research International, Vol.36 (No.2). pp. 134-147. doi:10.1017/S0307883311000216 ISSN 1474-0672.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0307883311000216
Abstract
This article is about the power of cultural performances to shape and sometimes coerce public opinion
and public behaviours. In the process, I intend to defend a concept which has few supporters these days:
‘political correctness’. So prevalent is this concept in our public discourse that its meanings have become
habitual, thus ideologically invisible. Beginning with an examination of the term and its history, I
situate it in relation to the arts through its relation to censorship, and frame it within the broad field
of cultural performances to which it belongs. Concluding with a specific case study taken from theatre,
I hope to perform a ‘correction’ of sorts – to reintroduce the term as a positive value and practice in an
artistic milieu which has largely rejected its utility.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Political correctness, Arts -- Censorship | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Theatre Research International | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 1474-0672 | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.36 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 134-147 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0307883311000216 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 December 2015 |
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