LEADER 03804nam 2200577 450 001 9910823167703321 005 20230803195355.0 010 $a1-4619-5827-X 010 $a1-62349-121-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000530772 035 $a(EBL)1637621 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1637621 035 $a(OCoLC)871190051 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse33570 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1637621 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10842706 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL577386 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000530772 100 $a20140312h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe rhetoric of heroic expectations $eestablishing the Obama presidency /$fedited by Justin S. Vaughn and Jennifer R. Mercieca 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCollege Station, Texas :$cTexas A&M University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 225 0$aPresidential rhetoric and political communication ;$vNumber twenty-four 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-62349-043-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBarack Obama and the rhetoric of heroic expectations / Jennifer R. Mercieca and Justin S. Vaughn -- A lighthouse at the crossroads: Barack Obama's call for agonistic democracy / Jay P. Childers -- The "we" in "yes, we can": Obama's audience, the audience's Obama, and consubstantiality / Eric Dieter -- Overcoming institutional burdens: President Obama's rhetorical leadership in his first year / Brandon Rottinghaus -- Where's the media? President Obama, the public, and news coverage / Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha -- The United States and the world: the rhetorical dimension of Obama's foreign policy / David Zarefsky -- Resetting America's role in the world: President Obama's rhetoric of (re)conciliation and partnership / Jason A. Edwards -- Obama's two bodies: a study in American economic theology / James Arnt Aune -- The secular messianic style in Barack Obama's "call to renewal" speech / Catherine L. Langford -- The exodus as burden: Obama, agency, and the containment thesis / Dave Tell -- Picturing the presidents: Obama and the visual politics of White House art / Cara Finnegan -- Michelle Obama, "mom-in-chief": gender, race, and familialism in media representations of the First Lady / Bonnie J. Dow -- Epilogue: Carrying the burden: how Barack Obama both embraced and diminished heroic expectations / Jennifer R. Mercieca and Justin S. Vaughn. 330 $aCampaign rhetoric helps candidates to get elected, but its effects last well beyond the counting of the ballots; this was perhaps never truer than in Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. Did Obama create such high expectations that they actually hindered his ability to enact his agenda? Should we judge his performance by the scale of the expectations his rhetoric generated, or against some other standard? The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency grapples with these and other important questions.Barack Obama's election seemed to many to fulfill Mar 410 0$aPresidential rhetoric and political communication ;$vno. 24. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y2008 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2009- 615 0$aPresidents$xElection 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects 676 $a973.932092 701 $aVaughn$b Justin S.$f1978-$01672307 701 $aMercieca$b Jennifer R$01672308 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823167703321 996 $aThe rhetoric of heroic expectations$94035544 997 $aUNINA