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Invoking the fathers : dangerous metaphors and founding myths in congressional politics / Sarah Kornfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kornfield, Sarah, 1986- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture--United States--History--21st century.
- Political culture.
- Founding Fathers of the United States.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--21st century.
- Rhetoric.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- United States.
- United States. Congress.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Why do American political leaders regularly invoke the Founding Fathers, and what are the effects of their doing so? The author of this book links this rhetorical strategy to the rise of patriarchal white supremacy and Christian nationalism in the modern United States"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Rights and liberty
- Veneration and cynicism
- Checks and balances
- Debate and bipartisanship
- Losing faith.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421449746
- 1421449749
- OCLC:
- 1457637910
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