Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism

Critical Essays

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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The American experience has been defined, in part, by the rhetoric of exceptionalism. This book of 11 critical essays explores the notion as it is manifested across a range of contexts, including the presidency, foreign policy, religion, economics, American history, television news and sports. The idea of exceptionalism is explored through the words of its champions and its challengers, past and present. By studying how the principles of American exceptionalism have been used, adapted, challenged, and even rejected, this volume demonstrates the continued importance of exceptionalism to the mythology, sense of place, direction and identity of the United States, within and outside of the realm of politics.Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-05-17
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt308 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor228
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786459704

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Jason A. Edwards is an assistant professor of communication studies at Bridgewater State University. His research interests center on the intersections of presidential rhetoric, American foreign policy culture and international politics. David Weiss is an assistant professor of mediated, political, and strategic communication at the University of New Mexico. His research interests include critical media discourse, representations of “culture war” issues in popular culture, and religious communication in the political and public sphere.

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: American Exceptionalism’s Champions and ChallengersDAVID WEISS and JASON A. EDWARDS Part I. Champions of American Exceptionalism1. The Rhetoric in the Modern Presidency: A Quantitative AssessmentRICO NEUMANN and KEVIN COE 2. Resolving Rhetorical TensionsM. KAREN WALKER 3. One Nation Under God: Mormon Theology and the American ContinentBRETT LUNCEFORD 4. Re- Contextualizing Americanism: The National Association of Manufacturers’ Jeremiad for Free Enterprise During the RooseveltBURTON ST. JOHN, III 5. The Redeem Team Saves USA Basketball: An Analysis of the U.S.-China 2008 Olympic GamesKATHERINE L. LAVELLE Part II. Challengers to American Exceptionalism6. Mormonism and America as Promised Land in Joseph Smith’s Letter from Liberty JailDAVID CHARLES GORE 7. Henry Cabot Lodge and the Rhetorical TrajectoryMICHAEL J. HOSTETLER 8. Discursive Characterization as Embodiment and Critique: The Divergent Rhetorical Trajectories of Pat Tillman as an American HeroARTHUR W. HERBIG 9. The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site: Challenge to and Reification of American ExceptionalismLINDSAY R. CALHOUN 10. Those Who Bear the Heaviest Burden: Warfare and American Exceptionalism in the Age of EntitlementCHRISTINA M. KNOPF 11. Promoting America: U.S. Public Diplomacy and the Limits of ExceptionalismCRAIG HAYDEN About the Contributors Index