1st Edition

The Discourse of Perceived Discrimination Perspectives from Contemporary Australian Society

By Sol Rojas-Lizana Copyright 2020
156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers a way forward toward a better understanding of perceived discrimination from a critical discourse studies perspective. The volume begins with a discussion of quantitative studies on perceived discrimination across a range of disciplines and moves toward outlining the ways in which a discourse-based framework, drawing on tools from cognitive linguistics and discursive psychology,... Read more



Table of contents



Chapter 1 Introduction: ‘…to make me feel like the outsider’



Chapter 2: Situating Perceived Discrimination Studies



Chapter 3: Analysing Perceived Discrimination in the area of Discourse Studies



Chapter 4: ‘He called me it.’ Perceived Discrimination in the discourse of people identifying as LGBTIQ in Australia



Chapter 5: ‘She said no because I talk funny.’ Perceived Discrimination in the discourse of Spanish speaking immigrants in Australia



Chapter 6: Coping with discrimination: From resistance to avoidance



Chapter 7: Discussion and Conclusion ‘…they have no idea what this is like’

Biography

Dr. Isolda (Sol) Rojas-Lizana is a lecturer at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland.