The rhetoric of American exceptionalism  critical essays /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Jason A. Edwards and David Weiss. 
 - Jefferson, N.C. :  McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,  2011. 
 - viii, 220 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: American exceptionalism's champions and challengers / David Weiss and Jason A. Edwards -- Champions of American exceptionalism. The rhetoric in the modern presidency: a quantitative assessment / Rico Neumann and Kevin Coe -- Resolving rhetorical tensions / M. Karen Walker -- One nation under God: Mormon theology and the American continent / Brett Lunceford -- Re-contextualizing Americanism: The National Association of Manufacturers' Jeremiad for Free Enterprise during the Roosevelt era / Burton St. John, III -- The redeem team saves USA basketball: an analysis of the U.S.-China 2008 Olympic games / Katherine L. Lavelle -- Challengers to American exceptionalism. Mormonism and America as promised land in Joseph Smith's letter from Liberty Jail / David Charles Gore -- Henry Cabot Lodge and the rhetorical trajectory / Michael J. Hostetler -- Discursive characterization as embodiment and critique : the divergent rhetorical trajectories of Pat Tillman as an American hero / Arthur W. Herbig -- The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site: challenge to and reification of American exceptionalism / Lindsay R. Calhoun -- Those who bear the heaviest burden: warfare and American exceptionalism in the age of entitlement / Christina M. Knopf -- Promoting America: U.S. public diplomacy and the limits of exceptionalism / Craig Hayden. 
<br/><br/> "This book of eleven critical essays explores the American exceptionalism as it is manifested across the American presidency, U.S. foreign policy, religion, economics, American history, television news, and mass-mediated sport. It demonstrates the importance of exceptionalism to the mythology, sense of place, direction, and identity of the United States, within and outside the realm of politics"--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>National characteristics, American--Political aspects.<br/>National characteristics, American--Social aspects.<br/>Exceptionalism--United States.<br/>Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.<br/>Rhetoric--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Communication--Political aspects--United States.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E169.1  / .R497 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.73