Ce qu'implique l'usage en français de «Black» plutôt que «Noir» ou «Nègre»: relations entre étiquetage et représentations
What involves in French the use of "Black" rather than "Noir" or "Nègre": the relationship between labeling and representations

Summary/Abstract: Ethnonyms such as Black or Nigger can be considered as categorial labels used for defining groups and their members in the situation of inter group relations. The field of researches dealing with social categorization process and social identity has been focused on the process itself. According to social identity content, the utile show how the ethnonyms is used refers to specific social representations of the groups they name. This study of a mass media corpus by the Alceste program indicate the lexical world of social representation actived by the label black. It appears that using black is associated to specific social representation and can be considered as a communicational strategy that contribute to create a social representation new about the group and in the perspective changing identity.

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