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Publication details [#57786]

Chun, Elaine W. 2013. Ironic Blackness as Masculine Cool: Asian American Language and Authenticity on YouTube. Applied Linguistics 34 (5) : 592–612.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gender | internet | irony | language use | race

Language as a subject

English, American

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This paper examines race, gender, and authenticity ideologies that underpin signs stereotypically related to symbolic blackness, as embodied by Kevin Wu, a young Chinese American YouTube star, whose humorous output is further mixed up by his ironic footing.