Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word - Paperback - GOOD
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- Book Title
- Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
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- 9780375713712
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375713719
ISBN-13
9780375713712
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2412041
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Publication Name
Nigger : the Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
Language
English
Subject
Discrimination & Race Relations, Civil Rights, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Rhetoric, Linguistics / General, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
6.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-036442
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Provocative. . . . engaging and informative." -The New York Times "Should be required reading. . . . This little book deserves to be read especially if we seek better understanding of ourselves and others." The Dallas Morning News "Demonstrates a key truth about the N-word. . . . it tracks our racial history and stars in a slew of court decisions that reveal large truths about bigotry and free expression." Philadelphia Inquirer "A detailed, well-researched book. . . . Kennedy boils centuries of usagein conversation, literature, legal proceedingsdown to the most pertinent and instructive." San Francisco Chronicle, "Provocative. . . . engaging and informative."-The New York Times "Should be required reading. . . . This little book deserves to be read especially if we seek better understanding of ourselves and others." The Dallas Morning News "Demonstrates a key truth about the N-word. . . . it tracks our racial history and stars in a slew of court decisions that reveal large truths about bigotry and free expression."Philadelphia Inquirer "A detailed, well-researched book. . . . Kennedy boils centuries of usagein conversation, literature, legal proceedingsdown to the most pertinent and instructive." San Francisco Chronicle
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
305.896/073
Synopsis
Randall Kennedy takes on not just a word, but our laws, attitudes, and culture with bracing courage and intelligence--with a range of reference that extends from the Jim Crow south to Chris Rock routines and the O. J. Simpson trial. It's "the nuclear bomb of racial epithets," a word that whites have employed to wound and degrade African Americans for three centuries. Paradoxically, among many Black people it has become a term of affection and even empowerment. The word, of course, is nigger , and in this candid, lucidly argued book the distinguished legal scholar Randall Kennedy traces its origins, maps its multifarious connotations, and explores the controversies that rage around it. Should Blacks be able to use nigger in ways forbidden to others? Should the law treat it as a provocation that reduces the culpability of those who respond to it violently? Should it cost a person his job, or a book like Huckleberry Finn its place on library shelves?, The explosive and controversial best-seller that,rocked the U.S. is now available in the U.K. Here,distinguished legal scholar Randall Kennedy takes,on American attitudes, culture and law, asking:,Should the black community be able to use nigger,in ways forbidden to others? Should its use be,seen as an act of violence, cost people their,jobs, and books their place on library shelves? In,exploring these questions, Kennedy addresses the,racism embedded in our society. One of the most,talked about books of the year - Boston Globe,Provocative, engaging and informative - NY Times., The explosive and controversial best-seller that rocked the U.S. is now available in the U.K. Here, distinguished legal scholar Randall Kennedy takes on American attitudes, culture and law, asking: Should the black community be able to use nigger' in ways forbidden to others? Should its use be seen as an act of violence, cost people their jobs, and books their place on library shelves? In exploring these questions, Kennedy addresses the racism embedded in our society. 'One of the most talked about books of the year' - Boston Globe 'Provocative, engaging and informative' - NY Times', It's "the nuclear bomb of racial epithets," a word that whites have employed to wound and degrade African Americans for three centuries. Paradoxically, among many black people it has become a term of affection and even empowerment. The word, of course, is nigger , and in this candid, lucidly argued book the distinguished legal scholar Randall Kennedy traces its origins, maps its multifarious connotations, and explores the controversies that rage around it. Should blacks be able to use nigger in ways forbidden to others? Should the law treat it as a provocation that reduces the culpability of those who respond to it violently? Should it cost a person his job, or a book like Huckleberry Finn its place on library shelves? With a range of reference that extends from the Jim Crow south to Chris Rock routines and the O. J. Simpson trial, Kennedy takes on not just a word, but our laws, attitudes, and culture with bracing courage and intelligence.
LC Classification Number
E185.625.K46 2002
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