The co-construction of whiteness in an MC battle

Pragmatics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-22

  Cutler, Cecelia ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interculturality; MC battles; Ritual insults; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249894182     PISSN: 10182101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/prag.17.1.01cut     Document Type: Article

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