LINGUIST List 12.1142

Wed Apr 25 2001

Books: Discourse Analysis

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Sean Hanrahan, Discourse Analysis: Discourse and Discrimination; Rhetorics of Racism and Anti-Semitism, by Reisigl and Wodak

		

Martin Reisigl, Institut fur Sprachwissenschaft, Austria,
and Ruth Wodak, Institut fur Sprachwissenschaft, Austria,
DISCOURSE AND DISCRIMINATION Rhetorics of Racism and Anti-
Semitism
		
Discourse and Discrimination is a study of how racism, anti-
Semitism, and ethnicism are reflected in discourse. Through
the analysis of an impressive variety of documents, Reisigl
and Wodak present detailed case studies of anti-Semitism,
institutional racism, and political xenophobia in Austria.
The book provides a survey of different discourse analysis
approaches, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of each,
and concludes with the authors' own model of Critical
Discourse Analysis.
		
		Routledge November 2000 280 pp 3 illustrations
		HB 0415231493 $100.00 �60.00
		PB 0415231507 $31.99 �18.99
		
Preface.
1 `Race', Racism, and Discourse.
2 The Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis of Racism and
Anti-Semitism
3 The Coding of a Taboo: Anti-Semitic Discourse in Postwar
Austria
4 'Foreigners', `Aliens', and the 1992/3 'Austria First'
Petition of J�rg Haider and the Austrian Freedom Party
5 The Political Administration of Social Exclusion: A
Discourse Analysis of Authorities' Refusals of Residence
Permits for Aliens
6. Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Anti-Racism: Challenges for a
Critical Discourse Analysis
Bibliography