The Black Queer Work of Ratchet : Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the (Anti)Politics of Respectability /

This book enters as a corrective to the tendency to trivialize and (mis)appropriate African American language practices. The word ratchet has entered into a wider (whiter) American discourse the same way that many words in African American English have-through hip-hop and social media. Generally, ra...

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Main Author:	Lane, Nikki (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:	Ethnology. African Americans. Sociology. Linguistic anthropology. Communication. Cultural Anthropology. African American Culture. Gender Studies. Linguistic Anthropology. Media and Communication. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book