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The gypsy debate : can discourse control? /
By: Richardson, Joanna.
Publisher: Exeter : Imprint Academic, c2006Description: 151 p. ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781845400576 (pbk.); 9781845400576:; 1845400577 (pbk.).Subject(s): English newspapers -- England -- Language | English newspapers -- Wales -- Language | Invective | English Travellers (Nomadic people) -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 305.891497 Summary: 'They are scum, and do not deserve the same human rights as my decent constituents going about their everyday lives.' So declared Andrew MacKay, MP for Bracknell, speaking of gypsies and travellers in the House of Commons in 2002. This work explores the extent to which such discourse reflects antipathy towards gypsies and travellers.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
'They are scum, and do not deserve the same human rights as my decent constituents going about their everyday lives.' So declared Andrew MacKay, MP for Bracknell, speaking of gypsies and travellers in the House of Commons in 2002. This work explores the extent to which such discourse reflects antipathy towards gypsies and travellers.