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The Unacceptable
Potts, John, Scannell, John
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Description for The Unacceptable
Paperback. Confronting the issue of the unacceptable as a social category, this collection of international essays provides distinctive perspectives on the theme of what is deemed socially acceptable. The book reveals the ways in which the category of the unacceptable reflects sexual, racial and political fault-lines of a society. Editor(s): Potts, John; Scannell, John. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFP; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Confronting the issue of the unacceptable as a social category, this collection of international essays provides distinctive perspectives on the theme of what is deemed socially acceptable. The book reveals the ways category of the unacceptable reflects sexual, racial and political fault-lines of a society.
Confronting the issue of the unacceptable as a social category, this collection of international essays provides distinctive perspectives on the theme of what is deemed socially acceptable. The book reveals the ways category of the unacceptable reflects sexual, racial and political fault-lines of a society.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137440198
SKU
V9781137440198
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Ref
99-15
About Potts, John, Scannell, John
SANTIAGO BALLINA Freelance writer, Mexico CLAIRE COLEBROOK Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Penn State University, USA MITCHELL DEAN Professor of Sociology, University of Newcastle, Australia CHRIS HAYWOOD Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Newcastle, UK ELLIOTT LOGAN Researcher in the School of English, Media Studies, and Art History at the University of Queensland, ... Read more
Reviews for The Unacceptable
The unacceptable tempts and tests us with new possibilities and unimaginable horrors. This fraught combination of creativity and destructiveness remains the perilous fault line where the most telling cultural tensions reveal themselves. Neither quick to condemn nor seduced by easy enthusiasm, this bold collection takes up the challenge of the theory and practice of the unacceptable, significantly advancing our understanding ... Read more