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.

About the Author
Erec Smith is associate professor of rhetoric and composition at York College of Pennsylvania.


Book Information
ISBN 9781498590426
Author Erec Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 186
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 277g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 155mm * 14mm