Critical Rhetorics of Race

Kent A. Ono is Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Utah. He is author of Contemporary Media Culture and the Remnants of a Colonial Past (2009) and co-author of Asian Americans and the Media with Vincent Pham (2009) and Shifting Borders: Rhetoric, Immigration, and California's Proposition 187 with John Martin Sloop (2002).Michael G. Lacy is Independent Scholar in Chicago, Illinois.

• Acknowledgments Foreword Raymie E. McKerrow Introduction Michael G. Lacy and Kent A. OnoPart I: Racialized Masculinities 1 ApocalypseMichael G. Lacy and Kathleen C. Haspel 2 Tales of TragedyCynthia Willis-Chun 3 N-word vs. F-word, Black vs. GayCatherine R. SquiresPart II: Whiteness 4 Quentin Tarantino in Black and White Sean Tierney 5 Patrolling National Identity, Masking White SupremacyMichelle A. Holling 6 Control, Discipline, and PunishRachel Alicia Griffin and Bernadette Marie CalafellPart III: Vernacular Resistances 7 Declarations of IndependenceJacqueline Bacon 8 Transgressive Rhetoric in Deliberative Democracy: The Black Press Michael Huspek 9 Bling FlingRoopali MukherjeePart IV: Racialized Complexities and Neocolonialism 10 The Rhythm of AmbitionAimee Carrillo Rowe, Sheena Malhotra, and Kimberlee Perez 11 Inscribing Racial Bodies and Relieving ResponsibilityJamie Moshin and Ronald L. Jackson II 12 Cinematic Representation and Cultural CritiqueMarouf Hasian, Jr., Carol W. Anderson, and Rulon Wood 13 Abstracting and De-Racializing DiversityRona Tamiko HalualaniBibliography About the Contributors Index

"A timely, imaginative and energetic enlargement of the discourse on identity rhetorics in the 21st century. Through critical examinations of some of the most visible contemporary communications moments, these authors impel us to revisit the temptation to embrace a & beyond ideology, race, and interest mentality." - Aaron David Gresson III,The Pennsylvania State University "Many other scholarly works have, of course, explored issues of race depiction in the media...but few have challenged traditional definitions of race and diversity while advocating for change in such a germane, timely manner." (CHOICE)