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Founding fictions / / Jennifer R. Mercieca



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Autore: Mercieca Jennifer R Visualizza persona
Titolo: Founding fictions / / Jennifer R. Mercieca Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
Disciplina: 973.2
Soggetto topico: Citizenship - United States - History - 18th century
Citizenship - United States - History - 19th century
Political culture - United States - History - 18th century
Political culture - United States - History - 19th century
Political stability - United States - History
Political participation - United States - History
Democracy - United States - History
Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government To 1775
United States Politics and government 1775-1783
United States Politics and government 1783-1865
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: "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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Founding fictions  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8355-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821324903321
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Serie: Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.