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Gender And Politics - Changing The Face Of Civic Life

by Dianne G. Bystrom e Mary C. Banwart

~~45,09€~~ 40,58€ 10% OFF

 A multi-disciplinary review of the study of gender and politics through a communication lens. The book shows how gender stereotypes continue to influence how citizenry perceives politics and those who seek to participate in it. The book also includes an analysis of the 2022 midterm election cycle, exposing the lessons learned for 2024 and beyond.
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Beyond The Cold War - Presidential Rhetoric In Central And Eastern Europe

~~46,05€~~ 41,45€ 10% OFF

 Shortlisted for The International Journal of Press/Politics Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award (2025) Most books about presidential rhetoric focus on the United States. Few American communication scholars concentrate on Central and Eastern Europe. Media pundits and scholars alike framed this region as a place used for the United States’ or Russia’s Cold War ends—even after the Cold War ended. Beyond the Cold War: Presidential Rhetoric in Central and Eastern Europe brings scholars from Central and Eastern Europe and the United States together to study presidential rhetoric to make a compelling case for treating the leaders of the region with their own agency, rather than as agents of others. As postcolonial agents, leaders in the region have taken contrasting positions, avoiding the influence of post-Soviet politics and the pull toward westernization. Chapters offer insight into the connections and influence of presidential rhetoric in Central and Eastern Europe to contextualize and better understand how the rhetoric has either helped or hindered the development of democratic principles in the region many decades past the period of the "transition." This book contributes to the understanding of international rhetoric by studying leaders and exchanges in which they meet—in state visits or as candidates debating. This book will be an invaluable resource for students of rhetoric and scholars interested in the communication of presidents in Central and Eastern Europe. "Beyond the Cold War lives up to its title. This collection of smart, insightful, and liberatory studies of Eastern Europe in the rhetorical imaginary of assorted presidents dispenses with outdated frameworks and, instead, takes these nations on their own terms. As these nations assert an ever more important role in international affairs, this book will become indispensable to those who want to understand their history and discourse." — John M. Murphy, Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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After Empire - Myth, Rhetoric, And Democratic Revival

by Oscar Giner e Robert L. Ivie

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 This book probes the mythic underpinnings of U.S. war culture, asking how myth can be reconfigured to foster a discourse more conducive to a culture of peace. It breaks with an imperial mindset of endless warfare and places myths creative potential into productive relationship with rhetorics democratic vocation to foster an attitude of tolerance and interdependence and resist the violence of alienation. Drawing on the archetype of coyote and manifestations of a peoples better angels, the book examines both the resistance of imperial orthodoxy to critique and susceptibility to cultural change. It locates Barack Obamas presidency and rhetorical juggling at the threshold of a shifting hemispheric consciousness and explores the prophetic voice of veterans opposed to war, a voice that prefigures the possibility of conversion to a culture of peace. The book culminates in consideration of democracys renewal by means of rhetorically adept dissent to enable deliberation amidst conflict. After Empire chronicles Americas addiction to war-in-the-name-of-peace, wherein the military-industrial complex entwines with crippling national mythologies. Drs. Ivie and Giner argue that by seeing the world as a series of threats, our imaginations have shriveled, leaving us rotating from self-righteous exceptionalism to other-fearing doubts. Moving past that dynamic, the authors plot a "passage to democracy," where the nation grows out of imperial hubris and into mature, deliberative democracy. Stephen J. Hartnett, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Colorado, Denver In After Empire: Myth, Rhetoric, and Democratic Revival, Robert L. Ivie and Oscar Giner unpack the way that contemporary American myths of war have played a role in legitimizing war and creating an American empire built around a militarized society. They show that creation of an alternative mythology privileging dissent is essential to rebuilding American democracy. The book is cogently argued, based on groundbreaking research on myth and militarism, and a genuine pleasure to read! Robert C. Rowland, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Kansas After Empireoffers both an analysis of contemporary US war culture and an intervention into it in the hope of making the US a healthier democracy. Focusing on the intersection of politics, popular culture, and myth, and deftly integrating theory, method, and substantive content, Ivie and Giner provide a map of the current US public sphere in ways that will interest academics as well as practitioners and prove useful for courses in rhetoric, history, and political science. Mary E. Stuckey, Edwin Erle Sparks Professorof Communication Arts & Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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Religious Freedom V. Equal Protection - Clashing American Rights

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 This book examines significant clashes in First and Fourteenth Amendment issues in America. Any course in America that studies constitutional issues may benefit from focusing on a variety of issues raised in this book, including child torture and access to mandatory reporters, placing children into adoptive homes, prayer in public schools, religious tax exemptions, roadside memorials, military draft exemptions, access to contraceptive and family planning services, regulation of broadcast media, business exercises of religious freedom, issues in immigration detention, tribal sovereignty, and issues of political correctness and conspiracy theories. Whether you are studying these particular issues, reading the book in a legal studies course, or teaching a course in the First and/or Fourteenth Amendments, this book offers a way to dig into some of the most pressing issues in clashes between the rights as they are defined and negotiated in contemporary American life. The stakes are high as we navigate these clashes in doing the tough labor of democracy, both now and into the future.
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Rhetoric, Politics, And Hamilton: An American Musical

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 Rhetoric, Politics, and Hamilton: An American Musical approaches Lin-Manuel Mirandaâ€™s groundbreaking cultural production as a rhetorical text with implications for contemporary U.S. politics. Chapters analyze the musical in relation to three broad themes: national public memory, social and cultural identity, and democracy and social change.
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The Conceit Of Context - Resituating Domains In Rhetorical Studies

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 This edited volume features essays derived from presentations delivered at the 15th Biennial Public Address Conference held at Syracuse University in October 2016, as well as additional material. The Conceit of Context explores the often invokedindeed a central term in the history of rhetorical studiesbut less often engaged concept of context. In this volume, we center the notion of context as the site of engagement, critique, and imagination, seeking to deepen the critical and political promise of context in the study of public discourse.
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City Places, Country Spaces - Rhetorical Explorations Of The Urban/Rural Divide

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 This volume explores how rhetoric surrounding the urban and rural binary helps shape our understanding of those regions and the people who reside there.
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City Places, Country Spaces - Rhetorical Explorations Of The Urban/Rural Divide

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 This volume explores how rhetoric surrounding the urban and rural binary helps shape our understanding of those regions and the people who reside there.
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Alternative Spaces/Transformative Places - Democratizing Unruliness In An Age Of Austerity

by Clayton Rosati e Joshua D. Atkinson

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 This book addresses the rise of unruly spaces in society, as well as communicative strategies that citizens and activists may use to democratize them. The authors explore different strategies for the democratization of such spaces in urban environments, and the potential and problems of each.
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Women, Feminism, And Pop Politics - From Bitch To Badass And Beyond

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 Women, Feminism, and Pop Politics: From "Bitch" to "Badass" and Beyond examines the negotiation of feminist politics and gendered political leadership in twenty-first century U.S. popular culture.
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Sport, Rhetoric, And Political Struggle

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 The essays in Sport, Rhetoric, and Political Struggle contextualize sport and political struggle, examine the mobilization of resistance in sporting contexts, identify ongoing stigmas that present limitations in and around sport, and attend to prevailing ideological features that provoke questions for future research.
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Make America Meme Again - The Rhetoric Of The Alt-Right

by Heather Suzanne Woods e Leslie A. Hahner

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 Using the tools of rhetorical criticism, the authors detail how memetic persuasion operates, with a particular focus on the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump. Make America Meme Again reveals the rhetorical principles used to design Alt-right memes, outlining the myriad ways memes lure mainstream audiences to a number of extremist claims.
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Sport, Rhetoric, And Political Struggle

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 The essays in Sport, Rhetoric, and Political Struggle contextualize sport and political struggle, examine the mobilization of resistance in sporting contexts, identify ongoing stigmas that present limitations in and around sport, and attend to prevailing ideological features that provoke questions for future research.
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Reading The Presidency - Advances In Presidential Rhetoric

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 This edited collection explores ways to better understand the rhetorical workings of political executives, especially the US president. Scholars of the presidency, rhetorical theorists and critics, and various authors examine how presidents use the institution, the media, and popular culture to instantiate, expand, and wield executive power.
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Make America Meme Again - The Rhetoric Of The Alt-Right

by Heather Suzanne Woods e Leslie A. Hahner

91,57€ + 10% CARD

 Using the tools of rhetorical criticism, the authors detail how memetic persuasion operates, with a particular focus on the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump. Make America Meme Again reveals the rhetorical principles used to design Alt-right memes, outlining the myriad ways memes lure mainstream audiences to a number of extremist claims.
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Communication In The Age Of Trump

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 Franklin Delano Roosevelt used radio fireside chats to connect with millions of ordinary Americans. The highly articulate and telegenic John F. Kennedy was dubbed the first TV president. Ronald Reagan, the so-called Great Communicator, had a conversational way of speaking to the common man. Bill Clinton left his mark on media industries by championing and signing the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996 into law. Barack Obama was the first social media presidential campaigner and president. And now there is President Donald J. Trump. Because so much of what has made Donald Trumps candidacy and presidency unconventional has been about communicationhow he has used Twitter to convey his political messages and how the news media and voters have interpreted and responded to his public words and persona21 communication and media scholars examine the Trump phenomenon in Communication in the Age of Trump. This collection of essays and studies, suitable for communication and political science students and scholars, covers the 2016 presidential campaign and the first year of the Trump presidency.
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Women, Feminism, And Pop Politics - From Bitch To Badass And Beyond

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 Women, Feminism, and Pop Politics: From "Bitch" to "Badass" and Beyond examines the negotiation of feminist politics and gendered political leadership in twenty-first century U.S. popular culture.
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Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric - Communicating Self-Determination

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 As survivors of genocide, mnemonicide, colonization, and forced assimilation, American Indians face a unique set of rhetorical exigencies in US public culture. Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric brings together critical essays on the cultural and political rhetoric of American indigenous communities, including essays on the politics of public memory, culture and identity controversies, stereotypes and caricatures, mascotting, cinematic representations, and resistance movements and environmental justice. This volume brings together recognized scholars and emerging voices in a series of critical projects that question the intersections of civic identity, including how American indigenous rhetoric is complicated by or made more dynamic when refracted through the lens of gender, race, class, and national identity. The authors assembled in this project employ a variety of rhetorical methods, theories, and texts committed to the larger academic movement toward the decolonization of Western scholarship. This project illustrates the invaluable contributions of American Indian voices and perspectives to the study of rhetoric and political communication.
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The Rhetoric Of Pnoy - Image, Myth, And Rhetorical Citizenship In Philippine Presidential Speeches

by Gene Segarra Navera

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 This volume analyzes selected speeches delivered by Benigno â€˜Noynoyâ€™ Simeon C. Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016.
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Terrorizing The Masses - Identity, Mass Shootings, And The Media Construction Of «Terror»

by Ruth Defoster

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 Why are some crimes identified as acts of terrorism, while others are not? How are critical terms like «terrorism» and «mass shooting» defined and understood in the 21st century? What are some of the causes of the unique American epidemic of mass shootings and gun violence? Terrorizing the Masses considers the invisible role that the media play in shaping the way we think about terrorism, gun violence, fear, and identity. This book explores media coverage of five mass shootings over a 20-year period, examining the role that race, religion, and gender play in framing some of the most high-profile crimes of American society. The results of this research show that the use of «terrorism» is uneven and inconsistent. Indeed, on a practical level, «terrorism» is an almost meaningless word - it is slippery and ephemeral, and its utility is largely in propaganda. This book succinctly analyzes what «terror» means in the 21st century, how news media use the term, and how journalists can cover tragedy without falling prey to the pitfalls of sensationalism, fear, and contagion. This book is a useful text for courses on media ethics, crime and public policy, political science, terrorism studies, and communication studies.
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Sacramental Politics - Religious Worship As Political Action

by Brian Kaylor

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 Religion and politics have often been called taboo topics for polite dinner conversation, but in political campaigns and religious services, the two often mix. This book looks at how religious worship remains embedded with inherent political messages and behaviors, showing that conflicts between church and state exist not just in the public arena, but in each sanctuary and house of worship. To explore this religious-political tension, the book first examines more obvious examples of worship as political action, such as when candidates speak during church services or when political parties hold prayer services at party events. The initial analysis acts as a foundation for the idea of worship serving a political purpose, and is followed by analysis of non-partisan and less obvious political worship services. Religious sacraments (such as baptism, confirmation, communion/mass, and confession) function as key moments in which religious participants pledge allegiance to a power that resides outside Washington, D.C. or statehouses, thus highlighting the alternative political messages and space carved out through worship.
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Hate On The Right - Right-Wing Political Groups And Hate Speech

by Michael Waltman

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 This book examines the ways that hatred comes alive in language and discourse. The author looks at the discourses of hate produced in these seminal texts in order to identify a homology of exclusion that unites the forms of right-wing extremism, giving them a common frame of reference when confronting social and political challenges.
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Political Socialization In A Media-Saturated World

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 With research that spans multiple election cycles across nearly a decade, and data drawn from a national panel study that allows for cross-generational comparison, this book provides the most comprehensive and in-depth examination of youth political socialization that exists to date.
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Reconsidering Obama - Reflections On Rhetoric

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 Perhaps no other presidential candidate or sitting president has attracted as much attention from rhetorical critics as Barack Obama. This book provides rhetorical critics an opportunity to revisit their published work on Obama in light of events that have occurred since its publication.
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