In Antisemitism and the White Supremacist Imaginary: Conflations
and Contradictions in Composition and Rhetoric, Mara Lee Grayson
calls attention to the complicity of academic institutions and the
discipline(s) of rhetoric, composition, and writing studies in the
simultaneous perpetuation and denial of anti-Jewish racism. Despite
the persistence of antisemitism and Christian hegemony in the
United States and its academic institutions, and despite a growing
body of antiracist and anti-oppressive scholarship, antisemitism
remains largely unaddressed in disciplinary scholarship, curricula,
and pedagogy. This book seeks to (begin to) fill that gap by
exploring how the rhetoric through which Jewish identity is
conceptualized and weaponized by the white supremacist imaginary
essentializes Jewish identities and obscures the racist aims and
character of antisemitism. Through rhetorical analysis, historical
context, and personal narrative, and drawing upon original
phenomenological research, Grayson highlights how deeply embedded
antisemitic ideologies impact the lived experiences of Jewish
teachers, students, and scholars, and perpetuate white supremacy.
This book addresses concerns both experiential and rhetorical,
illuminates the rhetorical, historical, political, and racial
dynamics of antisemitism, and exposes the limitations of existing
discourses of whiteness and (anti)racism. This book gestures toward
a future in which, through a more nuanced and productive discourse,
we can better support Jewish educators and students and engage
Jewish members of the discipline as better accomplices in
antiracism. "I take this book personally. Grayson's theoretical
framework, historical overview, personal anecdotes, and
phenomenological research locate antisemitism nestled in the heart
of the white supremacist imaginary. I felt such sadness, anger, and
pain reading this book-recognizing myself as a Jew in its stark
reflection-and yet her words also charge me, explicitly in my
Jewishness, with the urgent need to join others in imagining a more
just world through cooperative action and frank dialogue. It's a
powerful and vibrant contribution to our field." -Eli Goldblatt,
Co-Author, with David Jolliffe, of Literacy as Conversation:
Learning Networks in Urban and Rural Communities
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