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The Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism: Critical Essays

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The American experience has been defined, in part, by the rhetoric of exceptionalism. This book of 11 critical essays explores the notion as it is manifested across a range of contexts, including the presidency, foreign policy, religion, economics, American history, television news and sports. The idea of exceptionalism is explored through the words of its champions and its challengers, past and present. By studying how the principles of American exceptionalism have been used, adapted, challenged, and even rejected, this volume demonstrates the continued importance of exceptionalism to the mythology, sense of place, direction and identity of the United States, within and outside of the realm of politics.

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    0786459700
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    978-0786459704
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    McFarland & Company
  4. Publication date
    May 17, 2011
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.46 x 9 inches
  7. Print length
    228 pages
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“The writers take turns championing and challenging the notion of American exceptionalism...a lot of today’s issues have their roots in the idea of American exceptionalism...a good introduction...an important subject”―Enterprise News

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Jason A. Edwards is an assistant professor of communication studies at Bridgewater State University. His research interests center on the intersections of presidential rhetoric, American foreign policy culture and international politics.

David Weiss is an assistant professor of mediated, political, and strategic communication at the University of New Mexico. His research interests include critical media discourse, representations of "culture war" issues in popular culture, and religious communication in the political and public sphere.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McFarland & Company (May 17, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 228 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786459700
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786459704
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.46 x 9 inches
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    Jason A. Edwards is a graduate of Concordia College (BA), North Dakota State University (MA), Minnesota State University (MA), and Georgia State University (Ph.D). He is an assistant professor of communication studies at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. His research interests center generally around presidential rhetoric, American foreign policy culture, and international political communication. He is the author Navigating the Post Cold War World: President Clinton's Foreign Policy Rhetoric (2008) and The Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism: Critical Essays (2011). In addition, he has published two dozen essays in venues like Presidential Studies Quarterly, Southern Communication Journal, Communication Quarterly, the Howard Journal of Communications, as well as other places. He is currently working on a rhetorical history of American exceptionalism concerning America's role in the world. Additionally, he continues to pursue a line of research that focuses on how states deal with historical injustices.

    Jason currently lives in Bridgewater, MA.

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    David Weiss

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    Born and raised in Connecticut.

    Attended Cornell University (BA, Psychology, 1982).

    Lived in New York City for 17 years, working in the advertising agency business.

    Experienced midlife crisis (thank God) in 1999: quit the ad biz, left New York, struck out for the west, and never looked back.

    Hung out in Montana for a year.

    Went to grad school at the U. of Oregon (MA, Journalism/literary nonfiction, 2002)

    Went to more grad school at the U. of New Mexico (Ph.D., communication, 2005).

    Got a job teaching at a small private college in Ohio.

    Left after a year when the opportunity to move back to Montana presented itself.

    Currently an assistant professor at Montana State U. in Billings. (Also currently the #1 rated Scrabble player in Montana.)

    Appeared on Jeopardy! in October 2008.

    Writing/research interests: political communication, media, popular culture, languages and linguistics.

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Stephanie L. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Well-Balanced and Quite Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2015
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Although this was a required text in a class, I found it really enjoyable (grain of salt: I am an academic, so my tastes are probably quite different from an average reader). The different articles were on a variety of topics, and the research methodology conducted for each was well-detailed. I liked that the book explored two sides of the argument, which made it far more interesting as well as far more useful.

In the future, if I ever find myself teaching an American Studies methodology course, this will definitely be one of the texts I assign. The overall structure is highly conducive to producing good discussions in class.
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Amber Luckie
5.0 out of 5 stars multiple view points and thought provoking, especialy with current global relations
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2014
It is actually a collection of essays from different authors providing a varity of view points. It is an interesting view of a concept that is currently taking an up trend in the global political climate and the role America has played, is currently playing and hypothesizes future game plans and philosophical mind sets we could see in future administrations.
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misty Weispfenning
1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2014
short sided, i feel it is regurgitated rhetoric....not an original thought in the whole book.
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