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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jan Blommaert , Jef VerschuerenPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.620kg ISBN: 9780415191371ISBN 10: 0415191378 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 13 August 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I Diversity: the issue 1 The management of diversity 2 Group relations, cognition and language PART II The ingredients of an ideology 3 The ‘migrant problem’ 4 The central concepts 5 Homogeneism PART III Homogeneism at work 6 Training for tolerance 7 Educating the public 8 Anti-racism, EpilogueReviewsBlommaert and Verschueren have done an excellent job of providing us with the critical tools necessary to understand how the discourse we are all responsible for building, adapting, and perpetuating can be more harmful than helpful in building societies that are truly open, even embracing of diversity. Clearly we have work to do.-John Biles, Department of Canadian Heritage. ... a thorough, topical, and relevant treatment of the widespread yet near-invisible forms of racism that pervade public discourse on cultural difference. -Language in Society Blommaert and Verschueren have done an excellent job of providing us with the critical tools necessary to understand how the discourse we are all responsible for building, adapting, and perpetuating can be more harmful than helpful in building societies that are truly open, even embracing of diversity. Clearly we have work to do.-John Biles, Department of Canadian Heritage. ... a thorough, topical, and relevant treatment of the widespread yet near-invisible forms of racism that pervade public discourse on cultural difference. -Language in Society Blommaert and Verschueren have done an excellent job of providing us with the critical tools necessary to understand how the discourse we are all responsible for building, adapting, and perpetuating can be more harmful than helpful in building societies that are truly open, even embracing of diversity. Clearly we have work to do.-John Biles, Department of Canadian Heritage. <br>... a thorough, topical, and relevant treatment of the widespread yet near-invisible forms of racism that pervade public discourse on cultural difference. <br>-Language in Society <br> Author InformationJan Blommaert is Professor of African Linguistics at the University of Ghent, Belgium. Jef Verschueren founded the IPrA (International Pragmatics Association) in 1986 and currently directs its research centre at the University of Antwerp. Both authors have previously collaborated on The Pragmatics of Intercultural and International Communication (1991). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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