Research Catalog

Title

Nigger : the strange career of a troublesome word / Randall Kennedy.

Author

Kennedy, Randall, 1954-

Publication

• New York : Pantheon Books, 2002.
• ©2002

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Details

Description

226 pages; 19 cm

Summary

"Nigger" is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history. In this book, the author traces how the word has been used and by whom, while analyzing the controversies to which it has given rise. The author explores such topics as how "nigger" should be defined and whether blacks have a right to use "nigger" while others do not.

Subjects

• United States
• English language > Slang > Social aspects
• Racism
• Anecdotes
• History
• Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
• Amerika
• United States > Race relations > Psychological aspects
• English language > United States > Slang > Psychological aspects
• Invective > United States > Psychological aspects
• Invective > United States > History > Anecdotes
• Racism in language
• Racism against Black people > United States > Psychological aspects
• English language > Slang > Social aspects > United States
• African Americans > Race identity
• African Americans > Social conditions
• English language > Slang > Psychological aspects
• Invective > Psychological aspects
• Race relations > Psychological aspects
• Racism > Psychological aspects
• Englisch
• Rassismus
• Sprache
• Strafverfahren
• Substantiv
• Etymologie
• nigger
• Rassendiscriminatie
• Taalgebruik
• Belediging

Genre/Form

• Anecdotes
• History
• Anecdotes.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-209) and index.

Contents

The protean N-word -- "Nigger" in court -- Pitfalls in fighting "nigger" : perils of deception, censoriousness, and excessive anger -- How are we doing with "nigger"?

ISBN

• 0375421726
• 9780375421723
• 0965039773
• 9780965039772

LCCN

2001036442

OCLC

• ocm47255234
• 47255234
• SCSB-1237154

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library