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Signifying without Specifying : Racial Discourse in the Age of Obama.
Stephanie Li argues that American politicians and writers are using a new kind of language to speak about race. Challenging the notion that we have moved into a "post-racial" era, she suggests that we are in an uneasy moment where American public discourse demands that race be seen, but no...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Piscataway :
Rutgers University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Stephanie Li argues that American politicians and writers are using a new kind of language to speak about race. Challenging the notion that we have moved into a "post-racial" era, she suggests that we are in an uneasy moment where American public discourse demands that race be seen, but not heard. Analyzing contemporary political speech with nuanced readings of works by such authors as Toni Morrison, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Colson Whitehead, Li investigates how Americans of color have negotiated these tensions, inventing new ways to signal racial affiliations without violating taboos ag. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813552101 0813552109 0813551439 9780813551432 0813551447 9780813551449 |