Founding fictions / / Jennifer R. Mercieca
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| Autore: |
Mercieca Jennifer R
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| Titolo: |
Founding fictions / / Jennifer R. Mercieca
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8355-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821324903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.