'Racist!': Metapragmatic regimentation of racist discourse by Asian American youth

Discourse and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-473

  Reyes, Angela ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; colorblind; education; indexicality; media; metapragmatics; politics; postracial; race; racism; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960576691     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926510395836     Document Type: Article

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