Dehumanization and social class: Animality in the stereotypes of "white trash," "chavs," and "bogans"

Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-61

  Loughnan, Steve ^a   Haslam, Nick ^a   Sutton, Robbie M ^b   Spencer, Bettina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Dehumanization; Prejudice; Stereotype; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892950838     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000159     Document Type: Article

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