The Everyday Language of White Racism
1st Edition
Published on 10. October 2008
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-4051-8454-0 (ISBN)
Description
In The Everyday Language of White Racism, Jane H. Hill provides an incisive analysis of everyday language to reveal the underlying racist stereotypes that continue to circulate in American culture.
provides a detailed background on the theory of race and racism
reveals how racializing discourse-talk and text that produces and reproduces ideas about races and assigns people to them-facilitates a victim-blaming logic
integrates a broad and interdisciplinary range of literature from sociology, social psychology, justice studies, critical legal studies, philosophy, literature, and other disciplines that have studied racism, as well as material from anthropology and sociolinguistics
Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series
provides a detailed background on the theory of race and racism
reveals how racializing discourse-talk and text that produces and reproduces ideas about races and assigns people to them-facilitates a victim-blaming logic
integrates a broad and interdisciplinary range of literature from sociology, social psychology, justice studies, critical legal studies, philosophy, literature, and other disciplines that have studied racism, as well as material from anthropology and sociolinguistics
Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series
Reviews / Votes
"Recommended [to] Most levels/libraries." (CHOICE, November 2009)"This book makes an important contribution to the body of critical race scholarship in deconstructing how language is used to perpetuate racism and in doing so validates the author's challenge to the common assumption that 'white racism has gone underground.'" (People with Voices, April 2009)
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-8454-0 (9781405184540)
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Jane H. Hill
The Everyday Language of White Racism
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01/2009
Wiley-Blackwell
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Person
Jane H. Hill is Regents' Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Arizona. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has served as President of the American Anthropological Association, and was awarded the Viking Fund Medal in Anthropology in 2005.
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments vi
1 The Persistence of White Racism 1
2 Language in White Racism: An Overview 31
3 The Social Life of Slurs 49
4 Gaffes: Racist Talk without Racists 88
5 Covert Racist Discourse: Metaphors, Mocking, and the Racialization of Historically Spanish-Speaking Populations in the United States 119
6 Linguistic Appropriation: The History of White Racism is Embedded in American English 158
7 Everyday Language, White Racist Culture, Respect, and Civility 175
Notes 183
References 197
Index 217
1 The Persistence of White Racism 1
2 Language in White Racism: An Overview 31
3 The Social Life of Slurs 49
4 Gaffes: Racist Talk without Racists 88
5 Covert Racist Discourse: Metaphors, Mocking, and the Racialization of Historically Spanish-Speaking Populations in the United States 119
6 Linguistic Appropriation: The History of White Racism is Embedded in American English 158
7 Everyday Language, White Racist Culture, Respect, and Civility 175
Notes 183
References 197
Index 217