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Publication details [#60039]

Croom, Adam M. 2015. Slurs and stereotypes for Italian Americans: A context-sensitive account of derogation and appropriation. Journal of Pragmatics 81 : 36–51.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This systematic, empirically informed inquiry offers a context-sensitive, family resemblance account of denigratory and appropriative uses of slurs for Italian Americans, explaining many of their psychological effects on both users and targets.