Rethinking Racism: Emotion, Persuasion, and Literacy Education in an All-White High School

by Jennifer Seibel Trainor

In Rethinking Racism: Emotion, Persuasion, and Literacy Education in an All-White High School, Jennifer Seibel Trainor proposes a new understanding of the roots of racism, one that is based on attention to the role of emotion and the dynamics of persuasion. This one-year ethnographic study argues against previous assumptions about racism, demonstrating instead how rhetoric and emotion, as well as the processes and culture of schools, are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809328739
• ISBN13: 9780809328734
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"