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Introduction. What I Am Doing Here, and How I Am Doing It
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Robin Tolmach Lakoff
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction. What I Am Doing Here, and How I Am Doing It 1
- 1. Language: The Power We Love to Hate 17
- 2. The Neutrality of the Status Quo 42
- 3. “Political Correctness” and Hate Speech: The Word as Sword 86
- 4. Mad, Bad, and Had: The Anita Hill / Clarence Thomas Narrative(s) 118
- 5. Hillary Rodham Clinton: What the Sphinx Thinks 158
- 6. Who Framed “O.J.”? 194
- 7. Ebonics—It’s Chronic 227
- 8. The Story of Ugh 252
- Notes 283
- References 303
- Index 313
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction. What I Am Doing Here, and How I Am Doing It 1
- 1. Language: The Power We Love to Hate 17
- 2. The Neutrality of the Status Quo 42
- 3. “Political Correctness” and Hate Speech: The Word as Sword 86
- 4. Mad, Bad, and Had: The Anita Hill / Clarence Thomas Narrative(s) 118
- 5. Hillary Rodham Clinton: What the Sphinx Thinks 158
- 6. Who Framed “O.J.”? 194
- 7. Ebonics—It’s Chronic 227
- 8. The Story of Ugh 252
- Notes 283
- References 303
- Index 313