Stigmatized on screen: how Hollywood portrays nonstandard dialects

"This book analyzes the 500 top-grossing films of the last 20 years to show how speakers of traditionally stigmatized dialects are represented, underrepresented, misrepresented, and mocked. Ultimately, the author demonstrates how Hollywood reinforces long-standing negative beliefs about the lan...

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1. Verfasser: Clouse, Lindsey (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London Lexington Books [2022]
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Zusammenfassung:"This book analyzes the 500 top-grossing films of the last 20 years to show how speakers of traditionally stigmatized dialects are represented, underrepresented, misrepresented, and mocked. Ultimately, the author demonstrates how Hollywood reinforces long-standing negative beliefs about the languages of marginalized communities"--
Beschreibung:vii, 205 Seiten
ISBN:9781793647412
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