A Place to Stand: politics and persuasion in a working-class bar

By - Lindquist, Julie.

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

ISBN 10 - 0195140389

ISBN 13 - 9780195140385

Book Status - 9 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - English language--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago.

Shelf No - 14

Call Number - 306.4409 LIN

Physical Description - viii, 204 p. ; 25 cm.

Notes - Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and index.

Book Information

This is Julie Lindquist's examination of the linguistic ethnography of a working-class bar in Chicago. She examines how regular patrons argue about political issues in order to create a group identity centred around political ideology.

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