Description: Examines the interplay of rhetoric, whiteness, and economics, illustrating how economic and class structures incentivize adherence to whiteness as an identity formation and form of symbolic capital.
Review Quotes: "[Rhetorical Economies of Whiteness] contributes to ongoing conversations about the structural, cultural, and psychological dimensions of whiteness....All in all, its thoughtful analyses and diverse methodologies make the book essential reading for scholars, educators, activists, and students in fields such as rhetoric, communication studies, education policy, critical race theory, and sociology." --Weiwei Yu, Studia Neophilologica