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A critique of anti-racism in rhetoric and composition : the semblance of empowerment / Erec Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Erec, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anti-racism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 149 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Something "More Than a Negro"
- The Primacy of Identity: Prefiguration, The Sacred Victim, and the Semblance of Empowerment
- So What is Empowerment?
- Disempowerment and Code-meshing Pedagogy
- The "Soft Bigotry" of Antiracist Pedagogy: Victims, Tricksters, and Protectors
- Conclusion: Getting Over Ourselves and Centering Empowerment
- Epilogue: Am I Overreacting?
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-9041-1
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