A Nation Divided: Regional Identity, National Narratives, and Senator Zell Miller in the 2004 Presidential Election

Moss, Christina

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“…Through the use of television commercials, candidates can connect with voters by looking into cameras and creating an appearance of addressing their “fellow Americans” directly. In this way, the candidates create a self-image of themselves and the nation that remains part of their rendition of what it means to be American long after the election has ended (Moss 2011). Think, for instance, of Abraham Lincoln’s “a nation divided cannot stand,” Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “peace with honor,” John F. Kennedy’s “ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country,” Ronald Reagan’s “morning in America”, and Bill Clinton’s belief “in a place called Hope.”…”

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Re-Imagining the Nation: Storytelling and Social Media in the Obama Campaigns

Gupta-Carlson

2016

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Re-Imagining the Nation: Storytelling and Social Media in the Obama Campaigns

Gupta-Carlson

2016

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Justified’s visual rhetoric: television’s subtle unmasking of the myth of the south

Sciullo

2019

Journal of Visual Literacy

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George W. Bush as the “Man in the Arena”: Baseball, Public Memory, and the Rhetorical Redemption of a President

Butterworth¹

2019

Rhetoric and Public Affairs

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Presidential libraries and museums are important sites for understanding the rhetorical construction of presidential legacies in the United States. The newest of these institutions is the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas. The museum assists in the rhetorical redemption of a historically maligned presidency, anchoring President Bush’s legacy in the virtues of masculine, authoritative leadership. This is aided in particular by a noteworthy focus on baseball as a mythic expression of American exceptionalism, most dramatically featured in a 2015 temporary exhibit called Baseball: America’s Presidents, America’s Pastime. Far from being simply a colorful metaphor for national identity, baseball celebrates Bush’s moral authority and links him to the legacy of previous presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt. In short, the exhibit makes clear that one cannot understand the Bush presidency without baseball.

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A Nation Divided: Regional Identity, National Narratives, and Senator Zell Miller in the 2004 Presidential Election

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

Re-Imagining the Nation: Storytelling and Social Media in the Obama Campaigns

Re-Imagining the Nation: Storytelling and Social Media in the Obama Campaigns

Justified’s visual rhetoric: television’s subtle unmasking of the myth of the south

George W. Bush as the “Man in the Arena”: Baseball, Public Memory, and the Rhetorical Redemption of a President

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