{"product_id":"just-words-on-speech-and-hidden-harm-9780192897398","title":"Just Words: On Speech and Hidden Harm","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mary Kate McGowan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all know that speech can be harmful. But what are these harms, and how exactly does the speech in question bring them about? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Kate McGowan identifies a previously overlooked mechanism by which speech constitutes, rather than merely causes, harm. She argues that speech constitutes harm when it enacts a norm that prescribes that harm. McGowan illustrates this theory by considering many categories of speech including sexist remarks, racist hate speech, pornography, verbal triggers for stereotype threat, micro-aggressions, political dog whistles, slam poetry, and even the hanging of posters. \u003cem\u003eJust Words\u003c\/em\u003e explores a variety of harms--such as oppression, subordination, discrimination, domination, harassment, and marginalization--and ways in which these harms can be remedied.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46417942118551,"sku":"9780192897398","price":3839.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780192897398.webp?v=1769069198","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/just-words-on-speech-and-hidden-harm-9780192897398","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}