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Stigmatized on screen : how Hollywood portrays nonstandard dialects / Lindsey Clouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clouse, Lindsey, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures and language.
- Language and languages in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--United States--History--21st century.
- Motion pictures.
- English language--Dialects--United States--In motion pictures.
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 205 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Contents:
- Introduction: "You know something, you're smart, if you would just deign to speak English"
- "She pretty. And she talk good too" Black English and its speakers
- "You ain't from around here, are you?": White Southern U.S. English
- "You need to work on that accent, Pablo": Spanish, Spanish-accented English, and Spanish-Influenced English
- "It's like whatever": gendered speech patterns and Mock White Girl. "We ain't come this far": Conclusions
- Appendix A: List of films by estimated number of tickets sold
- Appendix B: Suggestions for further reading.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Clouse, Lindsey, 1981- Stigmatized on screen
- ISBN:
- 9781793647429 (electronic bk.)
- 1793647429 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031237478
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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