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Stigmatized on Screen - How Hollywood Portrays Nonstandard Dialects

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This book analyzes the 500 top-grossing films of the last 20 years to show how speakers of traditionally stigmatized dialects are represented, underrepresented, misrepresented, and mocked. Ultimately, the author demonstrates how Hollywood reinforces long-standing negative beliefs about the languages of marginalized communities.

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Contents
List of Table
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction: "You know something, you're smart, if you would just deign to speak English"
Chapter 2: "She pretty. And she talk good too": Black English and Its Speakers
Chapter 3: "You ain't from around here, are you?": White Southern U.S. English
Chapter 4: "You need to work on that accent, Pablo": Spanish, Spanish-Accented English, and Spanish-Influenced English
Chapter 5: "It's like whatever": Gendered Speech Patterns and Mock White Girl
Chapter 6: "We ain't come this far": Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendix A: List of Films by Estimated Number of Tickets Sold
Appendix B: Suggestions for Further Reading


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By Lindsey Clouse

Product details

Authors Lindsey Clouse
Publisher Lexington Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 15.05.2024
 
EAN 9781793647436
ISBN 978-1-79364-743-6
No. of pages 214
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV

Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Sociolinguistics, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism

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