Wetherell, Margaret Primary Author Potter, Jonathan Primary Author mixed material bibliography New York: Colombia University Southern Illinois University Press 1992 monographic en English

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xi, ind, 246 p.; 24 cm Available at a lower price from other sellers that may not offer free Prime shipping. The topics of 'race' and 'racism' are often treated narrowly and unimaginatively in social scientific literature; they are usually viewed as sub-categories of 'stereotyping' or 'prejudice' or 'social class.' In this exciting new book, Margaret Wetherell and Jonathan Potter extend their work on the use of discourse analysis to tackle racism and issues of social structure, power relations and idology. Part I, Theory and Method, reviews and criticizes mainstream sociological and psychological theoretical approaches to the topic of racism and introduces the challenges to them posed by discourse analysis. Also examined are the ways in which some recent developments in literary theory, post-structuralism, semiotics and cultural studies might be applied to the social and psychological study of racist practices. Part II, Discourse in Action, examines how white New Zealanders make sense of their own history and actions towards the Maori minoriy. The authors' contention is that, in order to combat racism, we need to address the commonplace forms of explanation used by ordinary people rather than concentrate on obvious bigots and extremist groups. They conclude that many 'liberal' and 'egalitarian' arguments can be used to sustain racism and exploitation. Cognition, Identity, and Personality Ideology and Political Economy 305.80231082614 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 305.8 Wer m 03202201088 Non Fiction 305.8 Wer m Mapping_the_Language_of_Racism.jpg 96896 2022-01-26 20:46:00 2022-04-01 12:11:54 machine generated