"Hunting for "Racists
Tape Fetishism and the Intertextual Enactment and Reproduction of the Dominant Understanding of Racism in US Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2286142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam Hodges (0000-0001-8576-5800, Department of English Carnegie Mellon University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-40 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1055-1360 • E-ISSN: 1548-1395 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jola.12106 |
| OpenAlex | W2401524112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
The dominant racial ideology in US society narrowly conceptualizes racism as individual bigotry. This conception is enacted and legitimated through a type of language game that recontextualizes prior words to invoke evidence of an individual's racist credentials. This paper examines the way CNN journalists engage in this language game as they recontextualize the 911 call made by George Zimmerman before he killed Trayvon Martin in 2012. The analysis illustrates how the recontextualization works to enact and reproduce the dominant ideological perspective on racism by establishing intertextual authority and engaging a wider audience in the "hunting for 'racists'" language game
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
The Everyday Language of White Racism
The stance triangle
Racist America
Captured on tape
The politics of recontextualization
Introduction
Towards a dialogic syntax
Commentary
Taking a stance on emotion
It's a scream
Accusatory and exculpatory moves in the hunting for "Racists" language game
Language and material conduct in legal discourse
Intertextual authority in reported speech
The politics of transcription
Ideologies of language and race in US media discourse about the Trayvon Martin shooting
Language ideology and racial inequality
The things we do with words
Introduction
Genre, Intertextuality, and Social Power
Truth and Intentionality
Professional Vision
What is Racism? Racial Discourse and Racial Politics
Racializing Discourses
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |