Rhetorics of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

Catalog description

In this course students study the basic elements of rhetoric and rhetorical representations of various historically constituted categories, including race, gender, and ethnicity, and use rhetoric as a lens for examining messages about race, gender, and ethnicity. Students analyze the ways that these categories are rhetorically constructed and the material consequences of those constructions. Prereq: English 1110.xx; or GE foundation writing and info literacy course.