This book explores the presidential image of Donald Trump as it is constructed by the media within American national mythology, precisely the frontier myth.
This book explores the presidential image of Donald Trump as it is constructed by the media within American national mythology, precisely the frontier myth.
Produktdetails
Produktdetails
Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics
Olena Leipnik is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sam Houston State University, USA.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. "The toughest guy in the office" The tough guy theme in politics Masculine politics and the origin of the tough 2. Theodore Roosevelt: the becoming of the frontier and the arrival of the hero Performative frontier: staging the myth The enduring contradiction of myth The land and the man The man and the towners The girl: gendered opposition 3. Ronald Reagan: extension of the frontier and inversion of the hero Myth gains primacy The exhauster of myth 4. Donald Trump: recovered meanings of the frontier and resurgence of the hero Back to the beginning New scapes: cowboy goes metropolitan Myth continued 5. Vladimir Putin: "stolen" meanings of the frontier and a supplementing hero Here comes the villain "Is he one of us?" Concluding thoughts
Preface 1. "The toughest guy in the office" The tough guy theme in politics Masculine politics and the origin of the tough 2. Theodore Roosevelt: the becoming of the frontier and the arrival of the hero Performative frontier: staging the myth The enduring contradiction of myth The land and the man The man and the towners The girl: gendered opposition 3. Ronald Reagan: extension of the frontier and inversion of the hero Myth gains primacy The exhauster of myth 4. Donald Trump: recovered meanings of the frontier and resurgence of the hero Back to the beginning New scapes: cowboy goes metropolitan Myth continued 5. Vladimir Putin: "stolen" meanings of the frontier and a supplementing hero Here comes the villain "Is he one of us?" Concluding thoughts
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