The Benevolent Gaslight: A Technology of Race-Making

Book Launch with Dr. Louis M. Maraj

The Benevolent Gaslight: A Technology of Race-Making by Louis M. Maraj & Pritha Prasad

Join us for the launch of The Benevolent Gaslight: A Technology of Race-Making, a new book by Louis M. Maraj and Pritha Prasad. The event will feature remarks and readings by Dr. Maraj, with a Q&A over lunch.

At the intersection of rhetorical studies and critical race/ethnic studies, The Benevolent Gaslight analyzes cultural and political discourses that recharacterize acts of racial violence as teaching moments and learning opportunities. Naming this phenomenon “benevolent gaslighting,” Louis M. Maraj and Pritha Prasad explore its application across academic disciplines/ epistemologies, educational history, and university race management, while also diving into how popular culture and political figures use benevolent gaslighting to reinscribe normative operations of race, gender, and sexuality.

Caribbean-born Louis M. Maraj, PhD, is a multi-award-winning scholar and multimedia artist and author of Black or Right: Anti/Racist Campus Rhetorics. His critical/creative projects environ (anti)Blackness and expressive form. Currently, he is an associate professor in University of British Columbia’s School of Journalism, Writing & Media. Learn more at loumaraj.com.

Lunch will be provided. RSVP by June 14. Click here to RSVP.