[ATTW-L] CFP Confronting Toxic Rhetoric: Perspectives on Literacy Education in the Trump Era

[Cathryn Molloy]

Colleagues,

We (Jamie White Farnham, Bryna Siegel Finer, and Cathryn Molloy) are
extending the deadline for our upcoming edited collection:


*Confronting Toxic Rhetoric:*

*Perspectives on Literacy Educationin the Trump Era*

We invite you to think about how you could fit into this collection or
share the CFP with your TPC and writing/rhetoric colleagues.
"Toxic rhetoric" as defined by Duffy (2020) is comprised of dishonesty,
unaccountability, demonization, violence, denial, and poverty of spirit,
and, most disturbingly, is not only persuasive to many people, but serves
as an identity-shaping force. Duffy writes: “it invites us not only to
affirm or deny a given rhetorical argument, but more, to define ourselves
within the terms and tropes of the rhetoric” (41).The “effectiveness” of
toxic rhetoric in the recent past and present political and cultural moment
in the US has fundamentally challenged many of the concepts and purposes
that have inspired and directed the curricula and pedagogies of teachers
and scholars of writing, rhetoric, ethical argument, information literacy,
and critical thinking, and critical literacy broadly conceived. As higher
educators, this has presented difficulties to our careers and, for some,
even family lives. This collection seeks to illuminate the difficulties and
challenges of toxic rhetoric on our teaching and lives through the
experiences, questions, reflections, responses, and actions of teachers in
the broad field of English Studies. It will share their approaches to
teaching, working, and perhaps to living during the Trump era.
We are seeking chapter proposals *by noon on Sunday, June 18, 2023* with
accepted fully drafted chapters of 5,000-7,000 words by *November 1, 2023.*
Find the full call at this link:
https://sites.google.com/.../cfpconfrontingtoxicrhet.../home
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Please reach out to* jwhitefa at uwsuper.edu <jwhitefa at uwsuper.edu> *with any
questions.
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