Erec Smith

A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition

The Semblance of Empowerment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book critiques current antiracist ideology in rhetoric and composition, arguing that it inadvertently promotes a deficit-model of empowerment for both students and scholars and a "primacy of identity" that values lived experience over critical thinking.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781498590402
• ISBN-10: 1498590403
• Artikelnr.: 57755194

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?