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Brown tide rising : metaphors of Latinos in contemporary American public discourse /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Santa Ana, Otto, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2002]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why study the public discourse metaphors depicting Latinos?
  • How metaphor shapes public opinion
  • Proposition 187: misrepresenting immigrants and immigration
  • Proposition 209: competing metaphors for racism and affirmative action
  • Student as means, not end: contemporary America discourse on education
  • American discourse on nation and language: the "English for the children" referendum
  • Disease or intruder: metaphors constructing the place of Latinos in the United States
  • Insurgent metaphors: contesting the conventional representations of Latinos.