Nigger : the strange career of a troublesome word / Randall Kennedy.

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