Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman

Political Speech as a Weapon (eBook, ePUB)

Microaggression in a Changing Racial and Ethnic Environment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a penetrating examination of how political rhetoric from public officials creates tensions via microaggression cues due to changing demographics, campaign rhetoric, and the use of social media.

What are microaggression cues, and what are examples of those cues in political rhetoric? How have microaggression cues from former presidents, elected officials, and political candidates led to further polarization of America's citizens? What are the connections between these microaggression cues, the demographic shift of the United States, and the growing fear among longtime majority populations?

Political Speech as a Weapon: Microaggression in a Changing Racial and Ethnic Environment answers these questions and helps readers understand related topics such as nativism, the transformation process of the U.S. population and cultural norms, and how Americans can best respond to evolving conditions to meet these challenges. Author Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman addresses a blind spot in the field of American politics and connects hostile rhetoric by public officials to the effect of such rhetoric, which leads to the marginalization of groups and a polarizing cultural environment. The book specifically focuses on the role of political rhetoric as a microaggression cue and clearly illustrates how these cues are a well established-and damaging-component of U.S. political culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216129660
• Artikelnr.: 68167466

Autorenporträt

Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman, PhD, is assistant professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Subtle Yet Effective:
Microaggression Cues Chapter 2 Changing Demographics: From Minority to
Majority Chapter 3 Political Discourse: Inflammatory Innuendos Chapter 4
Nativist Attitudes: American Minority Groups as Targets Chapter 5 The
Realization That Times Are Changing Chapter 6 Trump: Unconventionality in
the White House Chapter 7 The Transformation Process and the Challenges
Ahead Notes Index