A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment

A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment

by Erec Smith
A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment

A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment

by Erec Smith

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781498590426
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 03/29/2021
Pages: 186
Sales rank: 924,278
Product dimensions: 6.09(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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?
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