Discourse and Discrimination
Edited by Geneva Smitherman-Donaldson and Teun A. van Dijk
African American Studies, By WSU Faculty, Language and Literature
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814319581
Pages: 272 Size: 6x9
Illustrations: 11 black and white images
Review
No other collection in existence so effectively reveals the extent to which racism and ethnocentism are reflected in the use of language, especially in the mass-media.
— Wayne R. Williams
This collection of essays from scholars in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, examines how biases against minorities in the U.S. and western Europe are perpetuated directly and indirectly through such media channels as newspapers, television coverage, everyday language use, and through the educational curriculum, teacher attitudes, and teacher-student interaction. Written especially for this volume, the essays demonstrate how the dominant population controls not only what happens to subordinate populations, but also how the general public perceives that reality. Discourse and Discrimination is valuable reading for students and scholars in linguistics, discourse analysis, mass communication, sociology, social psychology, and black and ethnic studies.
No other collection in existence so effectively reveals the extent to which racism and ethnocentism are reflected in the use of language, especially in the mass-media.
– Wayne R. Williams, University of Washington