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Defining Americans - The Presidency and National Identity (Paperback)
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Winner: Bruce E. Gronbeck Political Communication AwardWinner: APSA
Presidents and Executive Politics Legacy Award Andrew Jackson spoke
to Americans in ways that reflected the concerns of a young nation.
Grover Cleveland helped citizens redefine themselves after the
havoc of the Civil War era. FDR confronted widespread hardship with
hope and determination, while Eisenhower spoke to our fears of the
Communist menace. Throughout our history, presidents by their very
utterances have shaped our sense of who we are as Americans. As
Mary Stuckey observes, presidents embrace, articulate, and
reinvigorate our sense of national identity. They define who
Americans are—often by declaring who they aren't. In this book,
she shows how presidential speech has served to broaden the
American political community over the past two centuries while at
the same time excluding others. Ranging broadly from Andrew Jackson
to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Stuckey demonstrates how
presidents accomplish the dual enactment of inclusion and exclusion
through their rhetorical and political choices. Our early leaders
were preoccupied with balancing the growing nation; later
presidents were concerned with the nature and definitions of
citizenship. By examining the political speeches of presidents
exemplifying distinctly different circumstances, she presents a
series of snapshots which, when taken together, reveal both the
continuity and the changes in our national self-understanding.
Ambitious and sweeping, Stuckey's work documents the tactics that
have naturalized and legitimated inclusion and exclusion, tracing
the progress of groups such as women and African Americans from
political invisibility to partial visibility and eventual
inclusion. She also shows how the terms of inclusion have varied
with changing political winds, helping us understand how depictions
of the powerless by the powerful reflect and influence the status
of various groups. Stuckey's analysis shows how presidents use
language rooted in their times and circumstances to frame and
influence contemporary definitions of citizenship. A provocative
book that documents the changes in our understanding of who is and
who isn't one of "us," Defining Americans reveals that all
presidents draw upon the same set of national ideals, values, and
events—but not all use those ideas in precisely the same ways.
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Imprint: |
University Press of Kansas
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2023 |
Authors: |
Mary E. Stuckey
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
424 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7006-3520-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-7006-3520-3 |
Barcode: |
9780700635207 |
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