A Place to Stand: Politics & Persuasion in a Working-Class Bar

by Julie Lindquist

Book Overview

Linguists have become increasingly interested in examining how class culture is socially constructed and maintained through spoken language. Julie Lindquist's examination of the linguistic ethnography of a working-class bar in Chicago is an important and original contribution to the field. She examines how regular patrons argue about political issues in order to create a group identity centered around political ideology. She also shows how their political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195140389
• ISBN13: 9780195140385
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 8.9"