Rhetorics of Identity
Rhetoric and Communications · 3 hrs Seminar/Discussion
Offered: Fall Or Winter, Every Year
RHET-4420 prerequisites
We couldn't read this course's prerequisites into a chain. The wording is under “Requisite courses” below.
Where RHET-4420 counts
Counts toward 8 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- HR 3-YEAR BA IN HUMAN RIGHTS
- HR 4-YEAR BA IN HUMAN RIGHTS
- LING 3-YEAR BA IN INTERDISCIPLINARY LINGUISTICS
- LING 4-YEAR BA IN INTERDISCIPLINARY LINGUISTICS
- LING HONOURS BA IN INTERDISCIPLINARY LINGUISTICS
- RHET 3-YEAR BA IN RHETORIC AND COMMUNICATIONS
- RHET 4-YEAR BA IN RHETORIC AND COMMUNICATIONS
- RHET HONOURS BA IN RHETORIC AND COMMUNICATIONS
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
This course undertakes an intensive study into the symbolic mediation of identity. It examines how symbolic systems reflect, produce, and challenge such concepts as gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, ability, age, nationality, and humanness. Drawing connections between discourses and privilege, the course also explores power and identity politics, examining the reciprocal relationship between symbols and ideology. Its topics may include the performance and circulation of digitally mediated identities, constitutive rhetoric, rhetoric of the body, civic identity, and the post-human.
Requisite courses
Completion of 42 credit hours [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and the former RHET-3420.
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.