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Author Hecht, Dr. Michael L

Title Communicating Prejudice
Published Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (417 pages)
Contents Tolerance/intolerance : a multidisciplinary view of prejudice / John R. Baldwin -- Layers and holograms : a new look at prejudice / Michael L. Hecht and John R. Baldwin -- Identifying racist language linguistic acts and signs / Molefi Kete Asante -- Communication of sexism / Lana F. Rakow and Laura A. Wackwitz -- Communication of heterosexism / Thomas K. Nakayama -- Communication of classism / Dreama G. Moon and Garry L. Rolison -- Communication of ageism / Angie Williams and Howard Giles -- Communicating prejudice in personal relationships / Stanley O. Gaines, Jr. [and others] -- Communicating prejudice in organizations / Sheryl L. Lindsley -- Communicating prejudice in the media : upending racial categories in Doubles / Kent A. Ono -- Abandoning the sacred hierarchy : disempowering hegemony through surrender to spirit / María Cristina González -- Scenes from an individual of color : on individuals and individualism / Victor Villanueva, Jr. -- A contextual statement surrounding three poems of prejudice / Laura Tohe -- Blessed are the mysteries / Frederick C. Corey -- Upsetting that delicate balance : reflections on experiential subtleties / Deborah Wood Holton -- Personal and interpersonal interventions / Flavio Francisco Marsiglia and Michael L. Hecht -- Organizational interventions to prejudice / Sheryl L. Lindsley -- Educational interventions : the lions roar / Gale Young -- Public policy interventions to prejudice / Stephanie Brzuzy -- (In)conclusion / Michael L. Hecht
Summary A new integrative conceptual model of prejudice - the layered perspective of cultural intolerance - is presented in the volume. This model is used to analyze the communication of prejudice in a variety of guises such as racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism and classism. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, the first two chapters present the model and theoretical foundation for the book. Subsequent chapters examine specific foci of prejudice including personal prejudice in relationships, organizations, and the media. A series of personal narratives are included to illustrate specific types
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Subject Toleration.
Prejudices.
Prejudices -- United States
Communication -- Social aspects.
Communication -- Social aspects -- United States
Intergroup relations.
Intergroup relations -- United States
Prejudice
Communication -- Social aspects
Intergroup relations
Prejudices
Toleration
Toleranz
Vorurteil
Sprache
Vooroordelen.
Intergroepsrelaties.
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781452250571
145225057X