Publications
Publication details [#12604]
Hill, Jane H. 2001. Mock Spanish, Covert Racism and the (Leaky) Boundary between Public and Private Spheres. In Gal, Susan and Kathryn Woolard. Languages and Publics. The Making of Authority. (Encounters 2). St Jerome. pp. 83–102.
Annotation
This article illustrates how a negative logic can be used by the public to legitimate political action. It is noted that this kind of authority is projected as authentic yet anonymous.