Rhetoric and Ethnicity

by Keith Gilyard

From style and genre to identity, politics, and pedagogy, America is characterized by a citizenry with multiple perspectives speaking and writing in multiple voices. Rhetoric and Ethnicity foregrounds the complexity of American culture and asks a series of basic Drawn from a 2001 conference entitled "American Ethnic Rhetorics," the essays in this volume open up vigorous debate about alternative discourses and modes of presentation. Drawing upon a methodology Gilyard calls "critical ethnicity," the authors analyze notions of history, identity, and pedagogy in essays that range from scholarly article and aesthetic analysis to autobiographical memoir and personal confession.

176 pages, Paperback

First published March 22, 2004

Reviews

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting collection of thoughts on race and rhetoric. Some essays are stronger than others.