TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edwards,Jason A.
AU  - Weiss,David
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The rhetoric of American exceptionalism: critical essays 
AV  - E169.1 .R497 2011eb
U1  - 327.73 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Exceptionalism
KW  - United States
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Communication
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10470335
ER  -