Reality television and the metapragmatics of racism

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-81

  Pardo, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Indexical stereotypes; Language ideology; Performance; Personalism; Racial paranoia; Racism; Reality television; Suspicion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879456133     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jola.12007     Document Type: Article

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