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Critical Discourse Analysis, Power, Ideology
J Y V Ä S K Y L Ä

S T U D I E S

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H U M A N I T I E S

194

Jari K. Kokkinen

Racial Discourse in James Baldwin’s Blues for Mister Charlie (1964): Drama and the Hegemonic Struggle

JYVÄSKYLÄ STUDIES IN HUMANITIES 194

Jari K. Kokkinen Racial Discourse in James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie (1964): drama and the hegemonic struggle

Esitetään Jyväskylän yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan suostumuksella julkisesti tarkastettavaksi yliopiston vanhassa juhlasalissa S212 joulukuun 14. päivänä 2012 kello 12. Academic dissertation to be publicly discussed, by permission of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Jyväskylä, in Auditorium S212, on December 14, 2012 at 12 o'clock noon.

UNIVERSITY OF

JYVÄSKYLÄ

JYVÄSKYLÄ 2012

Racial Discourse in James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie (1964): drama and the hegemonic struggle

JYVÄSKYLÄ STUDIES IN HUMANITIES 194

Jari K. Kokkinen Racial Discourse in James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie (1964): drama and the hegemonic struggle

UNIVERSITY OF

JYVÄSKYLÄ

JYVÄSKYLÄ 2012

Editors Sirpa Leppänen Department of Languages, University of Jyväskylä Pekka Olsbo, Sini Tuikka Publishing Unit, University Library of Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä Studies in Humanities Editorial Board Editor in Chief Heikki Hanka, Department of Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä Petri Karonen, Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä Paula Kalaja, Department of Languages, University of Jyväskylä Petri Toiviainen, Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä Tarja Nikula, Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä Raimo Salokangas, Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä

Cover picture: Pekka Alava

URN:ISBN:978-951-39-4982-2 ISBN 978-951-39-4982-2 (PDF) ISBN 978-951-39-4981-5 (nid.) ISSN 1459-4323 (nid.), 1459-4331 (PDF)
Copyright © 2012, by University of Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä University Printing House, Jyväskylä 2012

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