Communicating Racism: Ethnic Prejudice in Thought and Talk (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803936270)

How does everyday talk contribute to the spread and acceptance of ethnic prejudice? Communicating Racism is a revealing interdisciplinary study of ethnic prejudices and the ways in which they are diffused through interpersonal communication and intergroup interaction.

In this clearly written and comprehensive study, van Dijk establishes a crucial link between the cognitive, social and communicative dimensions of racism. He examines: the social psychology of ethnic attitudes; the cognitive psychology of ethnic prejudice; and the social context of prejudice; the interpersonal communication of racism.

By analysing informal discourse and the reproduction of racism within the white majority, the author of

Author: Teun a. Van Dijk
ISBN-10: 0803936273
ISBN-13: 9780803936270
Publisher: Sage Publications
Language: English
Published: 05/01/1989
Pages: 440
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.04w x 1.16d