Essentialism and attribution of monstrosity in racist discourse: Right-wing internet postings about africans and jews

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 411-425

  Holtz, Peter ^a   Wagner, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti Semitism; Essentialism; Monstrosity; Naturalization; Racism; Right wing discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349996463     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1005     Document Type: Article

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