Critical Rhetorics of Race

by Michael G. Lacy

Book Overview

According to many pundits and cultural commentators, the U.S. is enjoying a post-racial age, thanks in part to Barack Obama's rise to the presidency. This high gloss of optimism fails, however, to recognize that racism remains ever present and alive, spread by channels of media and circulated even in colloquial speech in ways that can be difficult to analyze.
In this groundbreaking collection edited by Michael G. Lacy and Kent A. Ono, scholars...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814762239
• ISBN13: 9780814762233
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"