Discourse and Discrimination is a study of how racism, antisemitism and ethnicism are reflected in discourse. The authors first survey five established discourse analysis approaches before providing their own model and three case-studies. Drawing on a wide range of sources, they question why racism and anti-Semitism are still virulent worldwide.

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Discourse and Discrimination is a study of how racism, antisemitism and ethnicism are reflected in discourse.
Drawing on a wide range of sources- Reisisl and Wodak question why even today, racism and antisemitism are still virulent.

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Preface. Chapter 1. `Race', Racism and Discourse. Chaper 2 The Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis of Racism and Antisemitism. Chapter 3. The Coding of a Taboo: Antisemitic Discourse in Postwar Austria. Chapter 4. 'Foreigners', `Aliens', and the 1992/3 'Austria First' Petition of Jörg Haider and the Austrian Freedom Party. Chapter 5: The Political Administration of Social Exculsion. A Discourse Analysis of Authorities' Refusals of Residence Permits for Aliens. Chapter 6. Antisemitism, Racism and Anti-Racism: Challenges for a Critical Discourse Analysis. Bibliography.
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Product details

ISBN
9780415231497
Published
2000-10-05
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
740 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
U, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
312

Biographical note

Martin Reisigl is based at the University of Vienna and is co-author of The Discursive Construction of National Identity. Ruth Wodak is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Vienna. Her books include Disorders of Discourse, Gender and Discourse, and Language, Power and Ideology.