Constructing Clinton: Hyperreality and Presidential Image-making in Postmodern Politics: 3 (Frontiers in Political Communication) - Softcover

Parry-Giles, Shawn J.; Parry-Giles, Trevor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820456950 ISBN 13: 9780820456959

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Bill Clinton is the embodiment and epitome of American politics in the postmodern, mediated age. Clinton’s able marshaling of images, which allowed him to retain popularity and position when faced with compelling obstacles, marks him as the preeminent figure in a fluid and fluctuating era of image-politics. Constructing Clinton: Hyperreality & Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics pays particular attention to the collection of disparate, sometimes connected, often random images that create a site of political meaning we know as «Bill Clinton, former president of the United States.» Through analyses of unique image texts – including The Man from Hope, The War Room, Primary Colors, MTV’s Biorhythms, and PBS’ The American President – Constructing Clinton focuses on the image of Bill Clinton as it was defined by and trapped in the hyperreality so characteristic of contemporary presidential politics.

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About the Author

The Authors: Shawn J. Parry-Giles is Assistant Professor of Communication, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, and Director of the Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership at the University of Maryland. She is the author of The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955.
Trevor Parry-Giles is Assistant Professor of Communication and Affiliate Faculty Member with the Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership at the University of Maryland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820456950
• ISBN 13: 9780820456959
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 245