Fascist energizing
Rhetorics of transantagonism as affective metabolism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9239129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ellen Cram (0000-0002-7708-800X, Departments of Communication Studies & Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA, corresponding author), Emerson Cram |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 442-459 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335630.2024.2368572 |
| OpenAlex | W4400510885 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This introductory essay argues that trans rhetorics are a crucial method for grappling with the speed, scope, and ascendance of contemporary fascism. Yet, rhetorical studies have yet to robustly engage with trans methodologies and epistemologies, a refusal with dire consequences for academic labor in this climate and the future of the field. Pushing against the scarcity logics that render “trans issues” as “niche” or a “cultural war,” this essay develops a way of reading fascist energizing. Through the concept affective metabolism, I argue trans people are imagined as resources to exhaust, alongside others captured by grievance politics. Consequently, fascist energizing is a way of metabolizing fear into authoritarian control, with consequences for trans people alongside laborers in communities for reproductive justice, climate, and disability justice
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |