LEADER 03547nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910821324903321 005 20230725023655.0 010 $a0-8173-8355-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000030196 035 $a(EBL)547667 035 $a(OCoLC)648711534 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000458092 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11283209 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458092 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10438254 035 $a(PQKB)10900336 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547667 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9138 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547667 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10408272 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000030196 100 $a20090805d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFounding fictions /$fJennifer R. Mercieca 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (290 p.) 225 1 $aRhetoric, culture, and social critique 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1690-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"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. 330 $a Part political history, part rhetorical criticism, Founding Fictions is an extended analysis of how Americans imagined themselves as citizens between 1764 and 1845. It critically re-interrogates our fundamental assumptions about a government based upon the will of the people, with profound implications for our ability to assess democracy today. Founding Fictions develops the concept of a "political fiction," or a narrative that people tell about their own political theories, and analyzes how republican and democratic fictions positioned Ameri 410 0$aRhetoric, culture, and social critique. 606 $aCitizenship$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aCitizenship$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPolitical stability$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$yTo 1775 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1775-1783 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1783-1865 615 0$aCitizenship$xHistory 615 0$aCitizenship$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical stability$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical participation$xHistory. 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory. 676 $a973.2 700 $aMercieca$b Jennifer R$01672308 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821324903321 996 $aFounding fictions$94073425 997 $aUNINA