Racism and discourse in Spain and Latin America / Teun A. van Dijk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dijk, Teun A. van, 1943-

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 14.

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture, 1569-9463 ; v. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--Latin America.

Racism.

Racism--Spain.

Racism in language.

Elite (Social sciences)--Attitudes.

Elite (Social sciences).

Communication.

Latin America--Race relations.

Latin America.

Spain--Race relations.

Spain.

Latin America--Ethnic relations.

Spain--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam [The Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new book extends Teun A. van Dijk's earlier research on discursive racism to the Latin world. He presents a first inventory of elite discourse and racism in Spain and Latin America by examining discursive reactions in Spain to recent immigration, as well as age-old racism and ethnicism in text and talk in Latin America (especially Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile). Through careful analysis of the media, political discourse, textbooks and other public discourses in these countries he shows that discursive euro-racism is ubiquitous also in countries outside Europe. Spain reproduces, but as yet in a less radical way, the kind of racist discourse we find elsewhere in Western Europe. In Latin America, ethnicism and racism against the indigenous peoples and against Afrolatins has prevailed in elite discourse since colonialism and slavery. This is the first integrated study of discursive racism in the Latin world and provides a useful framework for similar research.

Contents:

Racism and Discourse in Spain and Latin America

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

dedication

Table of contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Racism and discourse

Racism as domination

Racism as discrimination

Racism as institution

Politics

The media

Education and research

Racism as racist beliefs

Racism as discourse

Conclusion

2. Elite discourse and racism in Spain

Historical contexts

Contemporary immigration and racism in Spain

Elite racism

The mass media

Frequency

General tendency

Topics

Gitanos and Gitanas

Analysis of some examples

Immigrant trafficking

Crime

Undocumented entry

Racism on the job

Employers

Education

Textbooks

Analysis of two textbooks

A Castillian textbook

Conclusions

Racism and the Law

The Church

Academia

Concluding remarks

3. Elite discourse and racism in Latin America

Introduction

Some (approximate) statistics

Regional and contextual differences

Jews

Other immigrant communities

The agents of racism

Discursive racism

Political discourse

Mexico

Anti-indigenous racism in Mexico

Parliamentary discourse

Argentina

The press

Chile

An example

Brazil

Everyday conversation

Other countries

Cuba

Colombia

Venezuela

Bolivia

Peru

What to do?

Notes

References

Appendix

Name index

Subject index

The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612156656

9781282156654

1282156659

9789027294364

9027294364

OCLC:

150645930