The everyday language of white racism / Jane H. Hill.
2008
306.44089 H646e 2008
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Title
The everyday language of white racism / Jane H. Hill.
Author
ISBN
9781405184533 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1405184531 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781405184540 (hardcover : alk. paper)
140518454X (hardcover : alk. paper)
1405184531 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781405184540 (hardcover : alk. paper)
140518454X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Imprint
Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.
Language
English
Description
xi, 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
306.44089 H646e 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)214322845
(OCoLC)214322845
(OCoLC)214322845
Summary
"In The Everyday Language of White Racism, Jane H. Hill explores the myth that White racism is fading in the western world. Instead she reveals it to be a pervasive and highly adaptive cultural system, one that has endured in various forms for hundreds of years. Hill's incisive analysis of everyday talk and text shows how language that purports to be anti-racist is framed almost entirely by a folk theory of racism, one that continues to contain overt and covert racist discourses, slurs, and epithets. This prominent linguist offers a penetrating summary of critical theories of racism and introduces the concept of "linguistic appropriation," as a new theoretical dimension to the study of language contact and linguistic borrowing. Hill draws on her internationally acclaimed work on "Mock Spanish," and delves into two important new case studies of public debates around racist slurs, providing a fresh and incisive analysis of the relationship between language, race, and culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-216) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The persistence of white racism
Language in white racism: an overview
The social life of slurs
Gaffes: racist talk without racists
Covert racist discourse: metaphors, mocking, and the racialization of historically Spanish-speaking populations in the United States
Linguistic appropriation: the history of white racism is embedded in American English
Everyday language, white racist culture, respect, and civility.
Language in white racism: an overview
The social life of slurs
Gaffes: racist talk without racists
Covert racist discourse: metaphors, mocking, and the racialization of historically Spanish-speaking populations in the United States
Linguistic appropriation: the history of white racism is embedded in American English
Everyday language, white racist culture, respect, and civility.
Series
Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; 3.
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