Dear fans of Jane Austen puns, Slurs have been a recurring theme in the Meaning Reading Group so far - so it's high time we talk about what it is to take back a slurring term from those who use it as a slur. With this issue of reclamation, there are numerous interesting questions we could ask. "Some are linguistic: What are the linguistic conventions governing the slur post-reclamation and how are they related to the conventions governing it pre-reclamation? What mechanisms engender the shift? Others bend toward the social: Why do a slur's targets have a special privilege in initiating its reclamation? Is there a systematic explanation why prohibitions on out-group use of reclaimed slurs vary from slur to slur? And how does reclamation contribute to shaping social identities and reversing oppressive social norms and stigma?" Rather than propose a single model of reclamation to answer all these questions, next session's reading will distinguish at least two different varieties of reclamation: pride reclamation and insular reclamation. More next week, as we discuss Robin Jeshion's "Pride and Prejudiced: On the Reclamation of Slurs".
Please join us on Wednesday, August 12th, from 4.00 to 5.30pm UK time, for the discussion. Please find the paper here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/agy9fa00ismi89c/Jeshion%20-%20Pride%20and%20Prejudiced.pdf?dl=0 And please find the Zoom invitation below: Meaning Reading Group https://zoom.us/j/95270195257 Meeting-ID: 952 7019 5257 The very best, Nikki _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/pipermail/phil-events/ Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
