Democracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it
is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and
institutions of the United States represent the true and right form
of democracy, needed by all. This volume challenges this
commonplace belief by putting US politics in the context of the
Americas more broadly. Seeking to cultivate conversations among and
between the hemispheres, this collection examines local political
rhetorics across the Americas. The contributors—scholars of
communication from both North and South America—recognize
democratic ideals as irreducible to a single national perspective
and reflect on the ways social minorities in the Western Hemisphere
engage in unique political discourses. The essays consider current
rhetorics in the United States on American exceptionalism,
immigration, citizenship, and land rights alongside current
cultural and political events in Latin America, such as corruption
in Guatemala, women’s activism in Ciudad Juárez, representation
in Venezuela, and media bias in Brazil. Through a survey of these
rhetorics, this volume provides a broad analysis of democracy. It
highlights institutional and cultural differences in the Americas
and presents a hemispheric democracy that is both more pluralistic
and more agonistic than what is believed about the system in the
United States. In addition to the editors, the contributors include
José Cortez, Linsay M. Cramer, Pamela Flores, Alberto González,
Amy N. Heuman, Christa J. Olson, Carlos Piovezani, Clara Eugenia
Rojas Blanco, Abraham Romney, René Agustín de los Santos, and
Alejandra Vitale.
General
| Imprint: |
Pennsylvania State University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Editors: |
Adriana Angel
(Associate Professor)
• Michael L. Butterworth
(Professor)
• Nancy R. Gómez
(Professor)
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-271-08931-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-271-08931-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780271089317 |
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