Mapping the language of racism : discourse and the legitimation of exploitation
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 'attitudes' 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 ideology. 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
ix, 246 pages ; 25 cm
9780231082600, 9780231082617, 0231082606, 0231082614
1019834080
Pt. I
Theory and method
Ch.1:Ideology and political economy
Ch.2: Cognition, identity, and personality
Ch.3: Discourse, power, and subjectivity
Ch.4: Analyzing racist discourse
Pt.2
Discourse in action
Ch.5: Constructing community: 'race', 'culture', and 'nation'
Ch.6: Accounting for the 'social': stories of social conflict and social influence
Ch.7: Practical politics and ideological dilemmas
Ch.8: The prejudice problematic