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FDR in American memory : Roosevelt and the making of an icon / Sara Polak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Polak, Sara, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Press and politics--United States--History--20th century.
- Press and politics.
- Public opinion.
- Politics and government.
- Historiography.
- Collective memory.
- United States.
- History.
- Presidents in motion pictures.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- People with disabilities--United States--Biography.
- People with disabilities.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Collective memory--United States.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Politics and government--Historiography.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Influence.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945--Historiography.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Public opinion.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Commemoration.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Roosevelt and the making of an icon
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "This book analyzes Franklin D. Roosevelt's construction as a cultural icon in American memory from two perspectives. First, the author examines the historical leader who intentionally shaped his own public image. Second, she looks at portrayals and negotiations of FDR as an icon in cultural memory from the vantage point of the early twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. "I am a juggler": FDR's Public Image-Making
- 2. The Collective Rhetorical Production of FDR, 1932-1945
- 3. Negotiating FDR Remembrance
- 4. The New Deal Depoliticized in Cultural Memory
- 5. FDR's Disability in Cultural Memory
- 6. Understanding FDR as a Cultural Icon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781421442839
- 1421442833
- OCLC:
- 1259293971
- Publisher Number:
- 99989195952
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