Nigger : the strange career of a troublesome word /
"Nigger" is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history. In this book, the author traces how the word has been used and by whom, while analyzing the controversies to which it has given rise. The author explores such topics as how "nigger" should be defined a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[2002]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Sample text Program air date: March 3, 2002 Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | "Nigger" is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history. In this book, the author traces how the word has been used and by whom, while analyzing the controversies to which it has given rise. The author explores such topics as how "nigger" should be defined and whether blacks have a right to use "nigger" while others do not. |
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| Item Description: | Racial slur in title is transcribed from item. The work is concerned with examining the history and cultural impact of the slur and how it has been used to bolster anti-Black racism. |
| Physical Description: | 226 pages ; 19 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0375421726 9780375421723 0965039773 9780965039772 |