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Communicating Racism
Ethnic Prejudice in Thought and Talk
- Teun A. Van Dijk - Pompeu Fabra University, Spain; Centre of Discourse Studies, Spain
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Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Communication
July 1989 | 440 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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 offers us a new understanding of many deep-rooted and poorly understood patterns of prejudice.
Introduction
Structures of Prejudiced Discourse
Sources of Prejudiced Talk
The Cognitive Dimension
The Interpersonal Communication of Prejudice
The Social Context of Prejudice