Cancel culture : tales from the front lines / Paul du Quenoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du Quenoy, Paul, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancel culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Academica Press, [2021]

Summary:

"What is "cancel culture." A new phrase in popular circulation for less than two years, it has provoked passionate denunciations from observers concerned with civil liberties, especially rights of free speech and expression, and apologetic defenses from opponents who advocate equity and accountability in light of new mores. Still others deny that "cancel culture" exists at all, while many claim never to have heard of it. In Cancel Culture: Tales from the Front Lines, noted historian and critic Paul du Quenoy presents a series of case studies that reveal the new phenomenon known as "cancel culture" as experienced or claimed in media, academia, the arts, public space, and other areas of ideological controversy. More than a bald denunciation or frustrated description of an unfamiliar new concept, this groundbreaking approach seeks to understand "cancel culture" as a process - how it starts and stops, where it comes from and leads, and how and, indeed, whether it might one day end. This penetrating and highly original analysis sheds light on a society grappling feverishly with fundamental issues of freedom and liberty"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Section I: Academia

Don't Kiss Me, Kate: An Unintended Announcement of Academia's Irrelevance

SHEAR Madness: Taking an Old Hickory Switch to the Dying Academic Historical Profession

An Unfortunate Series of Cancelations: Cancel Culture Comes To Publishing

A Pigment of Her Imagination: The Pitfalls of (Not) Being Black in American Academia

Saving Professor Flynn: In Memory of a Scholar and Free Speech Advocate

Section II: The Arts

Trouble in Tahiti: Paul Gauguin's works at the National Gallery of Art, London

Dancing Degas: "Degas at the Opéra" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington

The Violent Bear It Away: Flannery O'Connor Gets Canceled

Vive Le Roi!: St. Louis Refuses to Cancel St. Louis

Get Woke and Go Broke: The High Price of Canceling James Levine at the Metropolitan Opera

Section III: Entertainment

Cancel HBO: The New Censorship Comes For HBO

Disclaimer: Mel Brooks is Canceled

One, Two, Three … Your Freedom Is Not Free: Cancel Culture Comes For Dr. Seuss

Moping About Muppets: Another Humiliation for Disney

Borat Bores Us: Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat Sequel is a Flop

Using the Force Against Wokeness: A Galactic Scandal of Cancelation.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781680537543

1680537547

OCLC:

1276857579