Symposium: Whiteness Studies

Tammie M. Kennedy University of Arizona ; Joyce Irene Middleton East Carolina University ; Krista Ratcliffe Marquette University ; Kathleen Ethel Welch ; Catherine Prendergast ; Ira Shor City University of New York ; Thomas R. West ; Ellen Cushman ; Michelle Kendrick ; Lisa Albrecht

Abstract

This essay discusses the emergence of whiteness studies in the study of English rhetoric and composition in the U.S. History of whiteness studies; Function and definition of whiteness in the U.S.; Role of race in different U.S. cultural logics; Relationship of whiteness studies with teaching composition.

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Rhetoric Review
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2005-10-01
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10.1207/s15327981rr2404_1
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