What is this 'post' in post-racial/feminist/…(fill in the blank)?

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

The events of the 2008 election continue to spark prognostications that we live in a post-racial/feminist, etc. world. How should communication scholars respond? Scholars from a wide range of NCA's divisions will discuss how to approach questions of identity and communication over the next five years. Participants will suggest ways to be critical of assertions of "post-" and elaborate ways to encounter new dimensions of identification in an era of immense socio-political challenges.

Sub Unit

• Critical and Cultural Studies Division

Chair

• Catherine Squires, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Presenters

• Daniel Brouwer, Arizona State University

• Bernadette Calafell, University of Denver

• Kent Ono, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• Mary Vavrus, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

• Eric Watts, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• Kathleen Feyh, University of Texas, Austin

Session Organizer

• Catherine Squires, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities