Debating diversity
Subtitle: analysing the discourse of tolerance
By: Jan Blommaert and Jef Verschueren.
Contributors: Verschueren, Jef.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Discourse analysis -- Social aspects; Language and culture; Racism; Pluralism (Social sciences); Toleration
Description: An analysis of the rhetoric of the 'tolerant majority' - those who view themselves as being open to a diverse society - a rhetoric that is prevalent throughout the news media and political world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226) and index.