The two primary US political parties are increasingly polarizing along affective dimensions. To increase students’ engagement with controversial texts and conversations, the author theorizes a novel method of critical pedagogy: performed contradictoriness. By emphasizing seemingly contradictory identity markers, the instructor attempts to become opaque, thereby frustrating students’ attempts at interpretation.

critical pedagogy, affect, empathy, ideology, emotion
The text of this article is only available as a PDF.
Copyright © 2020 by Duke University Press
2020
Issue Section:
Articles
You do not currently have access to this content.