Whiteness studies is the study of the structures that produce white privilege, the examination of what whiteness is when analyzed as a race, a culture, and a source of systemic racism, and the exploration of other social phenomena generated by the societal compositions, perceptions and group behaviours of white people. The other is more practical, with an emphasis on knowing how to construct a good strategy. Communication rhetoric major university of pittsburgh. Aristotle the art of rhetoric 4 rhetoric is the counterpart of dialectic. Foundations of whiteness whiteness and beyond philip c wander, judith martin and thomas nakayama sociohistorical foundations of whiteness and. In addition, it outlines how the racialized space of the historically white institutions renders the ways faculty women of color such as myself exercise pedagogical care and teacherly ethos. Civil rights rhetoric and the american presidency pp. Aristotle the art of rhetoric 9 moral purpose, a dialectician in respect, not of his moral purpose, but of his faculty. Exploring the white victim identity in postapartheid south africa this study explores whiteness through a rhetorical analysis of the language used in a speech made at a red october campaign rally in south africa in october, 20.
Alternatively, you can download the file locally and open with any standalone pdf reader. When men had to be persuaded and convinced in public assemblies, as in ancient greece and rome, rhetoric was cultivated as the art of eloquent speech. Basic rhetoric and writing strategy rhetoric is generally defined as the art of persuasion. If you do not see its contents the file may be temporarily unavailable at the journal website or you do not have a pdf plugin installed and enabled in your browser.
Themes of whiteness in bulletproof monk, kill bill, and the. Explores the territory of whiteness in order to map the discursive space it occupies, as the first step in the process of exposing whiteness as a rhetorical construction. A critical autoethnographic tale of a strategic rhetoric jennifer e. Taking a stand against racism, as these chapters do, requires a clear. Lecture on main ideas of the whiteness as a strategic rhetoric 2. The notion of eloquence may even drop out, and the art may consist merely in the clear and effective use of language to convey ideas. Strategy definition example ethos illustrates a persons morals or character. In this essay, we explore the territory of whiteness. Invention in rhetoric and composition ties together some of our most ancient and modern thinking, it is especially fitting that this book initiates the reference guides to rhetoric and composition, which will attempt to bring together the wide range of learning applicable to learning to write at all levels of education and in all settings.
In this essay, we explore the territory of whiteness in order to map the discursive space it occupies. With the influx of whiteness literature into the cultural studies scene, this essay. Reading, writing, and the rhetorics of whiteness routledge. Few whiteness studies texts have been published in rhetoric. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Rhetorical devices many different rhetorical devices are available to writers. We then discuss some of the rhetorical strategies through which whiteness resecures its discursive space. Rhetoric would thus come to mean the principles of composition or essay writing. A strategic rhetoric framework is used to expose those strategies that define and preserve the centrality of whiteness in american martial arts films. Our faculty offer diverse perspectives on the role of communication, media, and rhetoric in our lives through courses such as persuasion, argument, interpersonal communication, political rhetoric, rhetoric of science, nonverbal communication, history of media, media criticism, and television and society. The torpified face represents individuals who are stunned by new realizations and rising guilt regarding race. The politics of place and presidential rhetoric in the united states, 18751901. Whiteness and cultural theory san jose state university.
Rhetoric and practice of strategic reward management. Accordingly all men make use, more or less, of both. Pdf communication scholars have often overlooked the importance of whiteness as an influence in their research. Towards a bibliography of critical whiteness studies. Whiteness is a standpoint, a place from which white people look at themselves, at others, at society. In this volume, ryden and marshall bring together the field of composition and rhetoric with critical whiteness studies to show that in our postrace era whiteness and racism not only survive but actually thrive in higher education. It is an eclectic and intricate set of musings on writing pedagogy, culture, and race, and it is this eclecticism that both challenges. While thinkers and scholars have debated the merits of various rhetorical strategies over the past few thousand years, some basic principles have remained constant since the earliest greek philosophers began studying oration and argumentation.
While scholars have added valuable contributions to the study of whiteness, the discussion of the strategic rhetoric still lacks examples of embodiment. Dec 10, 2010 a fascinating read for those of us who are not familiar with this stream, as well as for those wellversed in the discipline. The metaphor of faces of whiteness is adopted here to signify that individuals occupy particular stances toward white privilege and its consequences in a dynamic and nonlinear fashion. In this extended sense, rhetoric is the art of eloquence, spoken or written. Summary of whiteness theory audrey thompson whiteness as a normalized category whiteness theory treats whiteness not as a biological category but as a social construction. Discusses some of the rhetorical strategies through which whiteness resecures its discursive space and concludes with three aspects of reflexivity that offer directions for. This essay features a debate in freedoms journal, the first africanamerican newspaper, in 1827 and 1828, concerning the proposals of the american colonization society arguments favoring colonization illuminate the ways in which whiteness informs and constrains the discourse of white selfprofessed reformers about race, nation, and public rhetor. Postracial hauntings in popular culture, social media, and education, contributors reveal how identifications with racialized whiteness continue to manifest themselves in american culture.
Dec 21, 2016 although whiteness studies has been waning as an active research field for the past decade, the contributors to rhetorics of whiteness assert that it hasnt lost its relevancy because racialized whiteness and issues of systemic racism persist in american society and culture today. Discursive strategy that maintains whiteness as normal and others as different. Essentially, rhetoric is using available resources to enact a purpose or telos through spoken or written communication. Nov 11, 2011 recommended choice wendy ryden and ian marshalls reading, writing, and the rhetorics of whiteness is a difficult book, but an important one for scholars interested in rhetoric, whiteness studies, and basic writing. Communication scholars have often overlooked the importance of whiteness as an influence in their research. Bibliography includes bibliographical references and index. In other words, any one facet of a text can be logical, a narrative, and show confidence simultaneously. Oct 16, 2017 welcome to realitycheck forums forum representing whiteness in the black imagination thesis writing 204016 this topic contains 0 replies, has 1 voice, and was last updated by repmocussoftlop 2 years, 6 months ago. Introduction thomas k nakayama and judith n martin whiteness as the communication of social identity reflections on critical whiteness studies parker c johnson part one. Jan 01, 2017 this article features pushback as a rhetorical and ethical pedagogical posture for engaging whiteness in the tight space of the university elevator.
Wendy ryden and ian marshalls reading, writing, and the rhetorics of whiteness is a difficult book, but an important one for scholars interested in rhetoric, whiteness studies, and basic writing. This document presents the federal go vernments fiveyear strategic plan for stem e ducation, based on a v ision for a future where all americans will have lifelong access to highquality stem. Reading, writing, and the rhetorics of whiteness routledge studies in rhetoric and communication ryden, wendy, marshall, ian on. January 08 the appeals and their rhetorical strategies note. Potter towson university, towson, maryland, usa nakayama and krizecks essay, a strategic rhetoric of whiteness offers an understanding of whiteness as cultural praxis operating beyond the narrow understanding of mere skin color. The contributions to the handbook represent a broad range of topics. We conclude with three aspects of reflexivity that offer directions for further research. The readers goals are addressing the key strategic challenge ques tion, undertaking the second kind of exercise and strategic project and effectively analysing the case studies. Introduction when i teach heart of darkness, i often introduce students to chinua achebes wellknown an image of africa, an essay in which achebe denounces conrad as a thoroughgoing racist and dismisses his liberal ideology with its effective erasure of africa. A pdf copy of this bibliography also will be available for. The present study utilizes a modified form of nakayama and krizeks 1999 strategic rhetoric framework, extending its application beyond individual discourse to film. Critical rhetorics of raceadvances our understanding of the everpresent nature of racism, whether in its malevolent overt expression, or in its more insidious covert guise, often masquerading via claims of its absence.
Discusses some of the rhetorical strategies through which whiteness resecures its discursive space and concludes with three aspects of reflexivity that offer directions for future research. Both alike are concerned with such things as come, more or less, within the general ken of all men and belong to no definite science. The province of rhetoric has been changing and extending. It really isnt about you the handbook of critical intercultural. A critical autoethnographic tale of a strategic rhetoric. The rhetorical study of whiteness coalesced around thomas k. Studies how does one become white through discourse. Nakayama and krizecks essay, a strategic rhetoric of whiteness offers an understanding of whiteness as cultural praxis operating beyond the narrow understanding of mere skin color. Let us now try to give some account of the systematic principles of rhetoric itself of the right method and means of succeeding in the object we set before us. Clearly, american society isnt as colorblind as people would like to believe. This mapping of the discursive space, or territory, of whiteness is the first step in the process of exposing whiteness as a rhetorical construction. But though it lacks a true essence, whiteness is a locus of social goods, in itself legal property harris, 1993, so quotidian as to be imperceptible in the way it. The handbook of critical intercultural communication wiley. Insofar as whiteness is thought of as natural, it is understood in essentialized terms either as a personal attribute or as a scientific category.
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