'Maybe it is prejudice ... but it is NOT racism': Negotiating racism in discussion forums about Gypsies

Discourse and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-46

  Goodman, Simon ^a   Rowe, Lottie ^a  

^a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; discursive psychology; Gypsies; hatred; internet discussion forums; prejudice; racism; Romany; taboo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891925277     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926513508856     Document Type: Article

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