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The Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism: Critical Essays

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.

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The Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism: Critical Essays

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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The Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism: Critical Essays

The Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism: Critical Essays

The Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism: Critical Essays

The Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism: Critical Essays

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786459704
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 05/17/2011
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 228
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

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 Contents

Acknowledgments v

Introduction: American Exceptionalism's Champions and Challengers David Weiss Jason A. Edwards 1

Part I Champions of American Exceptionalism

1 The Rhetoric in the Modern Presidency: A Quantitative Assessment Rico Neumann Kevin Coe 11

2 Resolving Rhetorical Tensions M. Karen Walker 31

3 One Nation Under God: Mormon Theology and the American Continent Brett Lunceford 48

4 Re-Contextualizing Americanism: The National Association of Manufacturers' Jeremiad for Free Enterprise During the Roosevelt Era Burton St. John 63

5 The Redeem Team Saves USA Basketball: An Analysis of the U.S.-China 2008 Olympic Games Katherine L. Lavelle 82

Part II Challengers to American Exceptionalism

6 Mormonism and America as Promised Land in Joseph Smith's Letter from Liberty Jail David Charles Gore 101

7 Henry Cabot Lodge and the Rhetorical Trajectory Michael J. Hostetler 118

8 Discursive Characterization as Embodiment and Critique: The Divergent Rhetorical Trajectories of Pat Tillman as an American Hero Arthur W. Herbig 132

9 The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site: Challenge to and Reification of American Exceptionalism Lindsay R. Calhoun 153

10 Those Who Bear the Heaviest Burden: Warfare and American Exceptionalism in the Age of Entitlement Christina M. Knopf 171

11 Promoting America: U.S. Public Diplomacy and the Limits of Exceptionalism Craig Hayden 189

About the Contributors 211

Index 215

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