Communicating Racism: Ethnic Prejudice in Thought and Talk

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
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 05/01/1989
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.04w x 1.16d
ISBN: 9780803936270

About the Author
Van Dijk, Teun A.: - Teun A. van Dijk is a Visiting Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. From 1980 to 2006 he held a personal chair as Professor of Discourse Studies at the University of Amsterdam. A world leading scholar of discourse studies and author of over 250 books and articles, he edits the SAGE journals Disourse & Society, Discourse Studies, and Discourse and Communication.