Did you call in Mexican? the racial politics of Jay Leno immigrant jokes

Language in Society

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-45

  Santa Ana, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67649413246     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404508090027     Document Type: Article

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