Branded bodies, rhetoric, and the neoliberal nation-state /
Branded Bodies, Rhetoric, and the Neoliberal Nation-State, by Dr. Jennifer Wingard, explores how neoliberal economics has affected the rhetoric of the media and politics, and how in very direct, material ways it harms the bodies of some of the United States' most vulnerable occupants. Wingard e...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lanham, MD :
Lexington Books,
©2013.
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Colección: | Cultural studies/pedagogy/activism.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Branded Bodies, Rhetoric, and the Neoliberal Nation-State, by Dr. Jennifer Wingard, explores how neoliberal economics has affected the rhetoric of the media and politics, and how in very direct, material ways it harms the bodies of some of the United States' most vulnerable occupants. Wingard explains how the state uses certain bodies that will never be accepted as citizens as an underclass in service of capital, and explores how those underclassed "bodies" are identified through branding. By showing how brands are assembled to create affective threats, this book articulates how dangerous the |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 147 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-137) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780739180211 0739180215 9781299184862 1299184863 |