Memoria: Essays in Honor of Victor Villanueva

An encomium to Victor Villanueva, this collection situates the impact of his scholarship, teaching, and mentorship within the field of rhetoric and composition. Villanueva's contributions are numerous and deep, and this collection includes both emerging and established scholars who engage with the legacy of his work as a teacher, scholar, and mentor. Chapter themes include the politics of language, literacy, and education; rhetorics of racism; hegemony and political economy; colonialism and decolonialism; Latinx rhetorics; collective memory and memoria; community and kinship; mentoring and mentorship. The Introduction includes individual chapters from each editor discussing the significant of Villanueva's work from each of our perspectives. Original works from contributors responding to the importance and influence of Villanueva's work are divided into three sections: Memoria of Rhetoric, Memoria of Mentoring, and Memoria of Relations.