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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Is prejudice always unreasoned? I think we may be confusing this
with invective. There are some remarkably reasoned pieces of “literature of
prejudice” out there. I think that “polemical” in some ways addresses this
broad spectrum of tone in hate literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eduardo
Tenenbaum<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 19, 2009 10:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'DCRM Revision Group List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] literature of prejudice vs. polemical<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I think we are doing ourselves a disservice by not making a
clear distinction between “prejudice” and “polemic.” The two are clearly
different. Our thesaurus has NTs under “Literature of prejudice” that could
easily belong under “Polemical literature”, for example “Anti-clerical.”
The distinction between “prejuduce” and “polemic” is between unreasoned
opinion/hostility and reasoned argument (however strongly worded).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>From the OED:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>prejudice, <i>n.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>I.</b> Prejudgement.<a name=50187167def2></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <a name=50187167-mI.1.a></a><b>1. a.</b>
Preconceived opinion not based on reason or actual experience; bias,
partiality; (now) <i>spec.</i> unreasoned dislike, hostility, or antagonism
towards, or discrimination against, a race, sex, or other class of people.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>hate, <i>n.</i><sup>1</sup><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <a name=50103052-m1.a></a><b>1. a.</b> An emotion of
extreme dislike or aversion; detestation, abhorrence, hatred. Now chiefly <i>poet.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <a name=50103052-m1.b></a><b>b.</b> The object of
hatred. <i>poetic</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=50103052-m2.b></a><b>2. b.</b> Used <i>attrib.</i>
or as quasi-<i>adj.</i>: designed to stir up hate, e.g. <a name=50103052se7></a><b><i>hate
campaign</i></b>; marked or characterized by hate; <a name=50103052se8></a><b>hate
mail</b>, letters (often anonymous) in which the senders express their
hostility towards the recipient.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>DRAFT ADDITIONS JUNE 2002 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=50103052def7></a> <b>hate</b>,
<i>n.</i><sup>1</sup><a name=50103052def8></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <b><img width=9 height=8 id="_x0000_i1028"
src="cid:image001.gif@01C9F0CB.AD80DA60" alt="*"></b> <a name=50103052se9></a><b>hate
crime</b> <i>n.</i> orig. <i>U.S.</i> a crime, usually violent, motivated by
hatred or intolerance of another social group, esp. on the basis of race or
sexuality; crime of this type; freq. <i>attrib.</i> (occas. in <i>pl.</i>),
designating legislation, etc., framed to address such crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>polemic, <i>adj. </i>and<i> n.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>A.</b> <i>adj.</i><a name=50182751def2></a> Of
the nature of, exhibiting, given to, or relating to dispute or controversy;
contentious, disputatious, combative<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>B.</b> <i>n.</i><a name=50182751def4></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <a name=50182751-mB.1></a><b>1.</b>
A controversial argument; a strong verbal or written attack on a person,
opinion, doctrine, etc.; (as a mass noun) writing or opinion of this kind.
Also: (in <i>sing.</i> and <i>pl.</i>) aggressive debate or controversy; the
practice of engaging in such debate.<a name=50182751n1></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Schneider,
Nina<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 19, 2009 12:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] literature of prejudice vs. polemical</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I've been searching LCSH for some ideas. There's a subject heading
"Attitudes (Psychology)" in LCSH. There are also variations on
"opinions." If we feel it's necessary to change the genre term, we
may want to look at these. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Nina</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu
[mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Holly Phelps<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 19, 2009 8:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] literature of prejudice vs. polemical</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Interesting discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>I use the NTs but not the broader term. Does anyone? Would it be
useful to remove the term from the list, and just use something (Controversial
literature?) in brackets under [Content of work] - [Political works] in the
hierarchical list? I’d like to see the NTs stay grouped somehow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>H.A. Phelps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dooley,Jackie<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 19, 2009 11:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] literature of prejudice vs. polemical</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Yes, I get it. My point is that it’s so
soft as to be relatively meaningless. How about “hate literature”? :) After
all, our society calls them “hate groups,” not “polemical groups.” Good
literary warrant.<br>
<br>
On 6/19/09 7:39 AM, "Deborah Leslie" <<a href="djleslie@folger.edu">djleslie@folger.edu</a>>
wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One of the things that came
up in conversation was that we knew it when we saw it, but couldn’t find a
non-derogatory name for it. “Polemical” isn’t necessarily derogatory, while
“Prejudice” is. <br>
</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a
href="dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a> [<a
href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu">mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dooley,Jackie<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 19 June, 2009 10:29<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] literature of prejudice vs. polemical<br>
</span><br>
<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Strikes me as
equally subjective—not to mention vague, since it could include stuff with a
much softer point of view than e.g. a John Birch or KKK pub that is patently
prejudicial to a particular group. -Jackie<br>
<br>
On 6/19/09 7:16 AM, "Deborah Leslie" <<a href="djleslie@folger.edu">djleslie@folger.edu</a>>
wrote:<br>
I just had an epiphany. Some of you remember discussions held a few years ago
about the problem with the genre term “Literature of prejudice,” which violates
the cataloger’s ethic of labelling (works, people) in a way they would not name
themselves. But it is useful to have a term in the hierarchy to collocate this
kind of literature.<br>
<br>
How about “Polemical literature”?<br>
<br>
___________________________________________<br>
</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Deborah
J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.<br>
Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library<br>
201 East Capitol St., s.E., Washington, D.C. 20003<br>
202.675-0369 (phone) 202.675-0328 (fax)<br>
<a href="djleslie@folger.edu">djleslie@folger.edu</a> www.folger.edu</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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