The Language Of Opression

by Haig A. Bosmajian

Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Language of Anti-Semiticism; Chapter 3. The Language of White Racism; Chapter 4. The Language of Indian Derision; Chapter 5. The Language of Sexism; Chapter 6. The Language of War; Chapter 7. Conclusion

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Published January 1, 1974

About the author

Haig Aram Bosmajian was an author, lecturer, and professor, who received the 1983 Orwell Award for his book The Language of Oppression (1974). Haig Bosmajian received a PhD in 1960 from Stanford University. His work has explored rhetoric and the freedom of speech.[2] Bosmajian was professor emeritus at the University of Washington, in the Speech/Communications Department, where he taught since 1965. He was married for 57 years to Hamida Bosmajian, also a published author and a professor at nearby Seattle University.

Haig and Hamida Bosmajian wrote the textbook, The Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement (1969), which has been published as a student textbook to analyze strategies of rhetoric.