Erec Smith

A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition (eBook, ePUB)

The Semblance of Empowerment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment critiques current antiracist ideology in rhetoric and composition, arguing that it inadvertently promotes a deficit-model of empowerment for both students and scholars. Erec Smith claims that empowerment theory-which promotes individual, communal, and strategic efficacy-is missing from most antiracist initiatives, which instead often abide by what Smith refers to as a "primacy of identity": an over-reliance on identity, particularly a victimized identity, to establish ethos. Scholars of rhetoric, composition, communication, and critical race theory will find this book particularly useful.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498590419
• Artikelnr.: 58429850

Autorenporträt

Erec Smith is assistant professor of rhetoric and composition at York College of Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Something "More Than a Negro" Chapter 1: The Primacy of
Identity: Prefiguration, The Sacred Victim, and the Semblance of
Empowerment Chapter 2: So What is Empowerment? Chapter 3: Disempowerment
and Code-meshing Pedagogy Chapter 4: The "Soft Bigotry" of Antiracist
Pedagogy: Victims, Tricksters, and Protectors Conclusion: Getting Over
Ourselves and Centering Empowerment Epilogue: Am I Overreacting?