This book offers a way forward toward a better understanding of perceived discrimination from a critical discourse studies perspective. The volume begins with a discussion of quantitative studies on perceived discrimination across a range of disciplines and moves toward outlining the ways in which a discourse-based framework, drawing on tools from cognitive linguistics and discursive psychology, offers valuable tools with which to document and analyze perceived discrimination through myriad lenses. Rojas-Lizana provides a systematic account, grounded in a critical approach, of perceived discrimination drawing on data from discourse from two minority groups, self-identified members of an LGBTIQ community and Spanish-speaking immigrants in Australia, and explores such topics as the relationship between language and discrimination, the conditions for determining what constitutes discriminatory acts, and both the copying and resistance strategies victims employ in their experiences. A concluding chapter offers a broader comparison of the conclusions drawn from both communities and discusses their implications for further research on perceived discrimination. This volume will be of particular interest to students and scholars in critical discourse studies, social policy, gender and sexuality studies, and migration studies.
Table of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: to make me feel like the outsider
Chapter 2: Situating Perceived Discrimination Studies
Chapter 3: Analysing Perceived Discrimination in the area of Discourse
Studies
Chapter 4: He called me it. Perceived Discrimination in the discourse of
people identifying as LGBTIQ in Australia
Chapter 5: She said no because I talk funny. Perceived Discrimination in
the discourse of Spanish speaking immigrants in Australia
Chapter 6: Coping with discrimination: From resistance to avoidance
Chapter 7: Discussion and Conclusion they have no idea what this is like
Dr. Isolda (Sol) Rojas-Lizana is a lecturer at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland.
