A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition
The Semblance of Empowerment
1st Edition
Published on 12. December 2019
1 pages
978-1-9787-5462-1 (ISBN)
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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.
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Erec Smith is associate professor of rhetoric and composition at York College of Pennsylvania.
Content
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?
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?
