Unmarked racializing discourse, facework, and identity in talk about immigrants in Italy

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Pagliai, Valentina ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facework; Immigration; Italy; Markedness theory; Racialization; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052233707     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1395.2011.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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