{"product_id":"brown-tide-rising-9780292777675","title":"Brown Tide Rising","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApplying the insights of cognitive metaphor theory to an extensive natural language data set drawn from hundreds of articles in the Los Angeles Times and other media, Santa Ana reveals how metaphorical language portrays Latinos as invaders, outsiders, bur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a highly significant contribution to scholarship in several fields  -  sociology, sociolinguistics, cultural studies, political studies, ethnic studies... The combination of lucid and rational theory, rich data set, and carefully reasoned analysis results in an unusually powerful book.\" Ronald Schmidt Sr., author of Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Foreword by Joe R. Feagin \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter One: Why Study the Public Discourse Metaphors Depicting Latinos? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part I: Theory and Method \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e Chapter Two: How Metaphor Shapes Public Opinion \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II: Analyses \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Three: Proposition 187: Misrepresenting Immigrants and Immigration \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Four: Proposition 209: Competing Metaphors to Construct \u003ci\u003eRacism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAffirmative Action\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Five: Student as Means, Not End: Contemporary American Discourse on Education \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Six: American Discourse on \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLanguage\u003c\/i\u003e: The \"English for the Children\" Referendum \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part III: Conclusions \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Seven: \u003ci\u003eDisease or Intruder:\u003c\/i\u003e Metaphors Constructing the Place of Latinos in the United States \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Eight: Insurgent Metaphors: Contesting the Conventional Representations of Latinos \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix: Tallies of Political Metaphors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400882266455,"sku":"9780292777675","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292777675.jpg?v=1730471834","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/brown-tide-rising-9780292777675","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}