Discourse and Discrimination : Rhetorics of Racism and Antisemitism

ISBN-13: 9780415231497 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 312 str.

Professor Ruth Wodak; Martin Reisigl; Martin Reisigl

Opis

This is a study of how racism, antisemitism and ethnicism are reflected in discourse. Reisigl and Wodak first survey five established discourse analysis approaches, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each, and then provide their own model of critical discourse analysis. Using this model, the authors present three case studies. While the focus of these studies is on racism in Austria, the approach is relevant for the study of discrimination in any context. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from political speeches and legal documents to newspaper articles, television broadcasts and everyday conversations - the authors question why even today, in a post World War II society, racism and antisemitism are still virulent

Spis treści

Preface. Chapter 1. `Race', Racism and Discourse. Chaper 2 The Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis of Racism and Antisemitism. Chapter 3. The Coding of a Taboo: Antisemitic Discourse in Postwar Austria. Chapter 4. 'Foreigners', `Aliens', and the 1992/3 'Austria First' Petition of Jörg Haider and the Austrian Freedom Party. Chapter 5: The Political Administration of Social Exculsion. A Discourse Analysis of Authorities' Refusals of Residence Permits for Aliens. Chapter 6. Antisemitism, Racism and Anti-Racism: Challenges for a Critical Discourse Analysis. Bibliography.

O autorze

Martin Reisigl is based at the University of Vienna and is co-author of The Discursive Construction of National Identity. Ruth Wodak is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Vienna. Her books include Disorders of Discourse, Gender and Discourse, and Language, Power and Ideology.