Everyday Language of White Rac
Jane H. Hill
(Author)
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
Product Details
Price
$48.75
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publish Date
October 20, 2008
Pages
240
Dimensions
6.7 X 9.4 X 0.5 inches | 0.95 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781405184533
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About the Author
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.
Reviews
"Recommended [to] Most levels/libraries." (CHOICE, November 2009)
