Niya Pickett Miller is post-doctoral assistant professor of communication studies at Samford University.

An important contribution on multiple disciplinary fronts, Niya Pickett Miller presents a compelling look at the intersections of rhetoric, race, and identity through an understudied context, albinism. Miller’s book sheds light on albinism not as a medical condition, rather as a rhetorical construct. The author weaves an education of albinism into a critical read of popular media texts, providing insight on the ways in which racial identity and albinism become conflated. Miller exposes popular media’s portrayal of albinism as a trope inappropriately deployed for humor or fear, providing all readers a reminder of the consequences of albinism when mediated in this way.

• Preface: Why This Book MattersChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The (Evil) Albino TropeChapter 3: (Re)constituting Albinic IdentityChapter 4: “Other” White Storytellers: Emancipating Albinism Identity through Personal NarrativesChapter 5: ConclusionReferencesAbout the Author

Niya Pickett Miller is post-doctoral assistant professor of communication studies at Samford University.

An important contribution on multiple disciplinary fronts, Niya Pickett Miller presents a compelling look at the intersections of rhetoric, race, and identity through an understudied context, albinism. Miller’s book sheds light on albinism not as a medical condition, rather as a rhetorical construct. The author weaves an education of albinism into a critical read of popular media texts, providing insight on the ways in which racial identity and albinism become conflated. Miller exposes popular media’s portrayal of albinism as a trope inappropriately deployed for humor or fear, providing all readers a reminder of the consequences of albinism when mediated in this way.

• Preface: Why This Book MattersChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The (Evil) Albino TropeChapter 3: (Re)constituting Albinic IdentityChapter 4: “Other” White Storytellers: Emancipating Albinism Identity through Personal NarrativesChapter 5: ConclusionReferencesAbout the Author

Niya Pickett Miller is post-doctoral assistant professor of communication studies at Samford University.

An important contribution on multiple disciplinary fronts, Niya Pickett Miller presents a compelling look at the intersections of rhetoric, race, and identity through an understudied context, albinism. Miller’s book sheds light on albinism not as a medical condition, rather as a rhetorical construct. The author weaves an education of albinism into a critical read of popular media texts, providing insight on the ways in which racial identity and albinism become conflated. Miller exposes popular media’s portrayal of albinism as a trope inappropriately deployed for humor or fear, providing all readers a reminder of the consequences of albinism when mediated in this way.

• Preface: Why This Book MattersChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The (Evil) Albino TropeChapter 3: (Re)constituting Albinic IdentityChapter 4: “Other” White Storytellers: Emancipating Albinism Identity through Personal NarrativesChapter 5: ConclusionReferencesAbout the Author