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`Like an Animal I was Treated': Anti-Immigrant Metaphor in US Public Discourse

ANA, OTTO SANTA·1999·Discourse & Society
DOI 10.1177/0957926599010002004
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The contemporary framing in American public discourse on immigrants is examined through a data-driven metaphor analysis. The print media texts of the 1994 political debate and campaign in California over an anti-immigrant referendum, Proposition 187, is analyzed. An ongoing cataloguing of metaphors from hundreds of Los Angeles Times articles displays the discourse that reflects and informs California public opinion. The metaphors discerned include `IMMIGRANTS ARE ANIMALS'. In so far as prose metaphors in the print media reflect public discourse, this study captures a public perception that dehumanizes immigrant workers. Additionally, alternative analyses of the framing of the discourse of Proposition 187 are compared to the present analysis.

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Authors
ANA, O. S.
Venue
Discourse & Society
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1999-04
Volume
10
Issue
2
Pages
191-224
ISSN
  • 0957-9265 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-3624
DOI
10.1177/0957926599010002004
OpenAlex
W2123631030
Cited by
594
References
37
FWCI
2.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
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