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Founding fictions / Jennifer R. Mercieca.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mercieca, Jennifer R.
- Series:
- Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
- Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Citizenship--United States--History--18th century.
- Citizenship.
- Citizenship--United States--History--19th century.
- Political culture--United States--History--18th century.
- Political culture.
- Political culture--United States--History--19th century.
- Political stability--United States--History.
- Political stability.
- Political participation--United States--History.
- Political participation.
- Democracy--United States--History.
- Democracy.
- United States--Politics and government--To 1775.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Part political history, part rhetorical criticism, Founding Fictions is an extended analysis of how Americans imagined themselves as citizens between 1764 and 1845. It critically re-interrogates our fundamental assumptions about a government based upon the will of the people, with profound implications for our ability to assess democracy today. Founding Fictions develops the concept of a "political fiction," or a narrative that people tell about their own political theories, and analyzes how republican and democratic fictions positioned Ameri
- Contents:
- "Republicanism was an indefinite term" : political fictions as critical tools for citizenship
- "The Revolution was in the minds of the people" : citizens as romantic heroes, 1764-1776
- "The American Constitution is that little article of HOPE, left at the bottom of Pandora's box of evils" : citizens as tragic victims, 1783-1789
- "Who would not have been willing to have died such a death?" : citizens as reified patriot heroes, July 4, 1826
- "I will not look up to the weather-cock of popularity, to see which way the gale is blowing" : citizens as ironic partisans, 1816-1845.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8355-7
- OCLC:
- 648711534
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