Presidential unrealities

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...

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Glavni autor: Herrmann, Sebastian M. (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2014.
Nakladnička cjelina: American studies (Munich, Germany) ; Vol. 246
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245 1 0 |a Presidential unrealities :  |b epistemic panic, cultural work, and the US presidency /  |c Sebastian M. Herrmann. 
260 |a Heidelberg :  |b Universitätsverlag Winter,  |c 2014. 
300 |a viii, 249 str. ;   |c 22 cm 
490 0 0 |a American studies (Munich, Germany) ;   |v Vol. 246 
504 |a Bibliografija: str. {237}-249 
505 |a Introduction 
505 |a 1. Frames, facts and fiction: Popular narratology and presidential unreality 
505 |a 2. The hyperreal and its appeal: Hollywood and 'Californian' unreality 
505 |a 3. Selling images: Market(ing) critique and the graphic revolution 
505 |a Conclusion: Strange coincidences, powerful collusions 
520 |a 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 carefully staged media representations. Rather than adding another voice to this concern, 'Presidential Unrealities' investigates the cultural work such discussions do. Charting their histories and their cultural resonances, the book argues that debating 'presidential unreality' provides a crucial vocabulary by way of which the US public negotiates the postmodernization of American culture and society. 
653 |a povijest SAD-a 
653 |a kultura i civilizacija SAD-a 
653 |a predsjednici   |a Sjedinjene Američke Države 
653 |a masovni mediji  |a politički aspekti  |a Sjedinjene Američke Države 
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