Slurs, Interpellation, and Ideology.

The goal of this paper is to give an account of the pragmatic and social function of slurs, taken as speech acts. I develop a theory of the distinctive illocutionary force and pragmatic structure of slurs. I argue that slurs help to produce subjects who occupy social identities carved out by pernici...

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Publicado en:Southern Journal of Philosophy Vol. 56; pp. 7 - 33
Autor principal: Kukla, Rebecca
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2018 Supplement 1
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