The language and politics of exclusion : others in discourse

Author(s)

• Riggins, Stephen Harold

Bibliographic Information

The language and politics of exclusion : others in discourse

edited by Stephen Harold Riggins

（Communication and human values）

Sage Publications, c1997

• : acid-free paper
• : pbk. : acid-free paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This new volume brings together articles that apply critical discourse analysis to texts and speech that contributes to the marginalization of minority groups. Studying both the fine details of language use and the political values implicated by word choice, the contributors examine how an "us versus them" division is played out in a wide array of cultural settings. Among the groups considered are immigrants in Western Europe, African Americans, African Canadians, Mexican Natives, Jews in Austria, and Muslims in Europe and North America. Examples of everyday speech through which prejudice is conveyed include advertising, parliamentary debate, travel literature, newspaper articles, the law, autobiography, and even classroom discourse. Collectively, the chapters make a strong and original case for the values of linguistic perspective in the study of prejudice and social inequity. The Language and Politics of Exclusion demonstrates, especially to such disciplines as sociology, journalism, and communication the ways in which discourses can marginalize others. Students and professionals will gain insight into this problem and ideally, learn the self-monitoring skills necessary to prevent this from happening. This book's in-depth look into the issue helps to lead the way.

Table of Contents

The Rhetoric of Othering - Stephen Harold Riggins Political Discourse and Racism - Teun A van Dijk Describing Others in Western Parliaments 'Das Ausland' and Antisemitic Discourse - Ruth Wodak The Discursive Construction of the Other Who Are They? The Rhetoric of Institutional Policies towards the Indigenous Population of Post-Revolutionary Mexico - Teresa Carbo Discourses of Exclusion - Jane Helleiner and Bohdan Szuchewycz The Irish Press and the Travelling People Racial Intimidation - Philomena Essed Socio-Political Implications of the Usage of Racist Slurs The Historical Resilience of Primary Stereotypes - Karim H Karim Core Images of the Muslim Other Benetton Culture - Michael Hoechsmann Marketing Difference to the New Global Consumer Afrocentricity and Inclusive Curriculum - George J Sefa Dei Is There a Connection or a Contradiction? The Assimilation of the Other within a Master Discourse - William E Conklin Subverting Poor Me - Roxanne Rimstead Negative Constructions of Identity in Poor and Working-Class Women's Autobiographies

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Details

• NCID: BA3186313X
• ISBN:
  • 0761907289
  • 0761907297
• LCCN: 97004595
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: 294 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 801.03
  • LCC : P302.84
  • DC21 : 401/.41
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Discourse analysis -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Discourse analysis -- Political aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0512635X