Advances in the History of Rhetoric Sep 2018

Decolonial Rhetoric and a Future Yet-to-Become: A Loving Response

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano University of Iowa

Abstract

ABSTRACTIn this response essay, I engage three reviews written by Kent A. Ono, Lisa Flores, and Vincent N. Pham of my book, The New York Young Lords and the Struggle for Liberation (Temple University Press, 2015). Building off of their analyses of my book, I offer speculation about the future(s) of decolonial rhetoric(s). Specifically, I examine how we can better cultivate senses of community, how we can begin decolonizing educational contexts, and I elaborate on the scope and direction of delinking and decoloniality in the future of rhetorical studies.

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Advances in the History of Rhetoric
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2018-09-02
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10.1080/15362426.2018.1526551
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Cited by in this index (2)

  1. Zhu et al. (2025)
    Thinking in and through Comparative Rhetoric and Decolonial Studies
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  2. Pâquet (2020)
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