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Nigger : the strange career of a troublesome word / Randall Kennedy.
LIBRA E185.625 .K46 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennedy, Randall, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Invective.
- History.
- Psychological aspects.
- English language.
- Slang.
- English language--Slang--Social aspects.
- English language--Slang.
- Race relations.
- United States--Race relations--Psychological aspects.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Race identity.
- Racism in language.
- Racism--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Racism.
- United States.
- English language--Slang--Social aspects--United States.
- English language--United States--Slang--Psychological aspects.
- Invective--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Invective--United States--History--Anecdotes.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 188 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books, 2003.
- Summary:
- Featuring a new Introduction and Afterword by the author, this explosive bestseller has sparked a great deal of curiosity and controversy. In examining "the nuclear bomb of racial epithets, " distinguished legal scholar Kennedy has taken on not just a word, but American laws, attitudes and culture with bracing courage and intelligence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-174) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0375713719
- OCLC:
- 51452557
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