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The prettier doll : rhetoric, discourse, and ordinary democracy /

Essays in the The Prettier Doll focus on the same local controversy: in 2001,a third-grade girl in Colorado submitted an experiment to the school science fair. She asked 30 adults and 30 fifth-graders which of two Barbie dolls was prettier. One doll was black, the other white, and each wore a differ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Tracy, Karen, McDaniel, James P., Gronbeck, Bruce E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
Colección:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a moment of ordinary democracy / Karen Tracy
  • Through the looking glass and back : democratic theory, rhetoric, and Barbiegate / James P. McDaniel and Bruce E. Gronbeck
  • Race, liberalism, and Barbiegate discourse : a dilemma-centered rhetorical analysis / Herbert W. Simons
  • Political performances in public proceedings : the social dramas of Barbiegate / Bruce E. Gronbeck
  • Darkness on the edge of town : on the interface between communicational and racial ideologies / Darrin Hicks
  • Marking and shifting lines in the sand : discursive moves of ordinary democracy / Kathleen Haspel and Karen Tracy
  • Chairing democracy : psychology, time, and negotiating the institution / Jonathan Potter and Alexa Hepburn
  • Understanding ordinary democracy : the intersection of discourse and rhetorical analysis / Mark Aakhus
  • Amateur hour : knowing what to love in ordinary democracy / Robert Hariman
  • Appendix A : transcripts of BVSD speeches
  • Appendix B : newspaper and school district documents.