The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama

by Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks

Book Overview

Examines the coded language of the Republican Party

In The Wrongs of the Right, Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks set postracial claims into relief against a background of pre- and post-election racial animus directed at President Obama, his administration, and African Americans. They show how the political Right deploys racial fears, coded language and implicit bias to express and build opposition to the Obama administration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814760546
• ISBN13: 9780814760543
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"