Diversity in everyday discourse: The cultural ambiguities and consequences of "happy talk"

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 895-914

  Bell, Joyce M ^a   Hartmann, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL TRADITION; RACISM; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37749017913     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200603     Document Type: Article

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