Understanding words that wound /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Delgado, Richard
Other Authors: Stefancic, Jean
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2004]
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • I: What is hate speech?
  • Words that wound: the harms of hate speech
  • Quantitative issues: how frequent is racial vilification?
  • Theories of racism and hate speech
  • II: Words, speakers, and targets
  • The strange careers of four special words
  • Hate speech and children: the special case of youth
  • College and university students: the case of campus hate speech (and conduct) codes
  • Hate in cyberspace
  • III: Special symbols, speakers, and shows
  • When hate goes tangible: logos, mascots, confederate flags, and monuments
  • Lawyer discipline: when the system sets out to purge hate
  • IV: Hate in broader focus
  • Talk shows: hate on the airwaves
  • Stretching to make a point: the case of hate speech against whites
  • International and comparative perspectives
  • First amendment absolutism and fallback positions: social policy objections to hate speech remedies
  • The future: first amendment legal realism
  • International treaties and documents.