Electoral Cultures
American Democracy and Choice
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1. Auflage, 2015
416 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8253-6457-1
Sortiment: Buch
Ausgabe: Gebunden
Fachgebiet: Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Reihe: Publikationen der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie / Publications of the Bavarian American Academy, Band: 16
lieferbar: 26.05.2015
Schlagwörter:
amerikanischer Film, amerikanische Gesellschaft, Narratologie, Kennedy, John F., Neue Medien, Erzähltheorie, Obama, Barack, politische Rhetorik, Politik /U.S.A., Präsidentenwahl, Wahlkultur, King, Stephen, Wahlkampagne, Carter, Jimmy, Romney, Mitt, politische Attentate, Amerikanischer Traum
Presidential elections are essential to US culture, shaping the nation’s stability and global influence. This volume is the first to establish an interdisciplinary platform for a broad investigation of election mechanics and legacies. Historians, political scientists, literary scholars, and cultural theorists shed light on the narratives of election successes and failures. Beginning with the struggle for voting rights and extending to current representations of candidates and campaigns, Electoral Cultures examines elections as complex cultural phenomena. Analyzing political processes and personalities from Lincoln to Obama, the chapters query assumptions about democracy in the United States. The resulting survey significantly alters how we perceive the paradoxical American ideals of equality, individualism, and authenticity. In its sweeping scope and rich detail, the book opens up an incisive new scholarly field concerned with US political culture and its place in the world today.
Beitr. v.: Georgiana Banita, Sascha Pöhlmann, Manfred Berg, Volker Depkat, Michael Hochgeschwender, Georg Schild, Andrew Gross, Gerd Hurm, Diana Owen, Andreas Etges, Reingard M. Nischik, Gabriele Metzler, Sabine Sielke, Brendon O‘Connor, Karsten Fitz, Sebastian M. Herrmann, Greta Olson, Sabrina Hüttner, Antje Dallmann
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