FDR's body politics : the rhetoric of disability / / Davis W. Houck and Amos Kiewe

• Autore: Houck Davis W
• Pubblicazione: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.917/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Physical fitness - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Human body - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century; People with disabilities - United States; Presidents - United States; English language - United States - Rhetoric; Public opinion - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1933-1945
• Altri autori: KieweAmos
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Keeping secrets -- Quo vadis? -- In sickness and in health -- Looking for looker -- A new deal and a new body -- A satisfactory embodiment -- Body politics.
• Sommario/riassunto: Franklin Roosevelt instinctively understood that a politician of his era who was unable to control his own body would be perceived as unable to control the body politic. He therefore took great care to hide his polioinduced lameness both visually and verbally. In FDR's Body Politics, Houck and Kiewe analyze the silences surrounding Roosevelt's disability, the words he chose to portray himself and his policies as powerful and healthgiving, and the methods he used to maximize the appearance of physical strength.
• Titolo autorizzato: FDR's body politics
• ISBN: 1-299-05268-1; 1-60344-673-7; 1-58544-894-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808742203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Presidential rhetoric series ; ; no. 8.