Publications

Publication details [#53413]

Chiang, Shiao-Yun. 2010. ‘Well, I’m a lot of things, but I’m sure not a bigot’: Positive self-presentation in confrontational discourse on racism. Discourse & Society 21 (3) : 273–294.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

critical discourse analysis | immigrant | racism | rhetoric | self-representation

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper explores the discursive procedures in which indictments and rebuttals are made in public discourse, and in particular in two CNN interviews, on hate speech versus illegal immigrants in the United States.