03574nam 2200721 a 450 991082132490332120230725023655.00-8173-8355-7(CKB)2670000000030196(EBL)547667(OCoLC)648711534(SSID)ssj0000458092(PQKBManifestationID)11283209(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458092(PQKBWorkID)10438254(PQKB)10900336(MiAaPQ)EBC547667(MdBmJHUP)muse9138(Au-PeEL)EBL547667(CaPaEBR)ebr10408272(EXLCZ)99267000000003019620090805d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFounding fictions[electronic resource] /Jennifer R. MerciecaTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20101 online resource (290 p.)Rhetoric, culture, and social critiqueDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1690-6 Includes bibliographical references and index."Republicanism was an indefinite term" : political fictions as critical tools for citizenship -- "The Revolution was in the minds of the people" : citizens as romantic heroes, 1764-1776 -- "The American Constitution is that little article of HOPE, left at the bottom of Pandora's box of evils" : citizens as tragic victims, 1783-1789 -- "Who would not have been willing to have died such a death?" : citizens as reified patriot heroes, July 4, 1826 -- "I will not look up to the weather-cock of popularity, to see which way the gale is blowing" : citizens as ironic partisans, 1816-1845. Part political history, part rhetorical criticism, Founding Fictions is an extended analysis of how Americans imagined themselves as citizens between 1764 and 1845. It critically re-interrogates our fundamental assumptions about a government based upon the will of the people, with profound implications for our ability to assess democracy today. Founding Fictions develops the concept of a "political fiction," or a narrative that people tell about their own political theories, and analyzes how republican and democratic fictions positioned AmeriRhetoric, culture, and social critique.CitizenshipUnited StatesHistory18th centuryCitizenshipUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory18th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical stabilityUnited StatesHistoryPolitical participationUnited StatesHistoryDemocracyUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and governmentTo 1775United StatesPolitics and government1775-1783United StatesPolitics and government1783-1865CitizenshipHistoryCitizenshipHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryPolitical stabilityHistory.Political participationHistory.DemocracyHistory.973.2Mercieca Jennifer R1672308MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821324903321Founding fictions4073425UNINA