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Nigger : the strange career of a troublesome word / Randall Kennedy.
Van Pelt Library E185.625 .K46 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennedy, Randall, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Invective.
- History.
- Psychological aspects.
- English language.
- Slang.
- Race relations.
- United States--Race relations--Psychological aspects.
- United States.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Race identity.
- Racism in language.
- Racism--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Racism.
- English language--Slang--Social aspects--United States.
- English language--Slang--Social aspects.
- English language--Slang.
- English language--United States--Slang--Psychological aspects.
- Invective--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Invective--United States--History--Anecdotes.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 226 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2002]
- Summary:
- From the acclaimed author of "Race, Crime, and the Law" comes a comprehensive, explosive reckoning with the word "nigger" and with both its effect on and place in American culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0375421726
- OCLC:
- 47255234
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