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Presidential Unrealities : Epistemic Panic, Cultural Work, and the US Presidency.
This book analyzes and historicizes an important and popular motif in contemporary US political discourse: the notion that politics has become increasingly 'unreal.' At the turn of the millennium, the simulated quality of politics in general and of the US presidency in particular has becom...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Heidelberg :
Universitätsverlag Winter,
2014.
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| Colección: | American Studies - A Monograph Series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book analyzes and historicizes an important and popular motif in contemporary US political discourse: the notion that politics has become increasingly 'unreal.' At the turn of the millennium, the simulated quality of politics in general and of the US presidency in particular has become a major object of concern across a broad range of venues and media: publications in media studies and political science, newspaper editorials, novels, films, and TV shows alike worry over how much or how little we can actually know about the reality of the US president when all our knowledge is based on car. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (250 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 382537467X 9783825374679 |