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

By Erec Smith and Erec Smith York College of Pennsylva

Book 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498590403
• ISBN13: 9781498590402
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"