Christopher J Wernecke
Biographic Data
| ID | 5193118 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher J Wernecke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher J |
| FAMILY NAME | Wernecke |
| SIGNATURE | WERNECKE C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-9403-7472 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Stop Bringing Citations to a Knife Fight
“Where is your blue hair?!”A man stopped abruptly on the sidewalk, forcing other passersby into the grass. He scanned me head to toe, face contorted in genuine bewilderment, and stammered, “I-I don't understand.”Taken aback at the genuine curiosity in this man's voice—and completely forgetting that I have not had hair since at least 2013—I hesitated and began to rub the top of my head.“You're not like the Democrats I see on TV!” he exclaimed, “Yo…
Mythologizing Madiba
In his first major post-presidential public address, President Barack Obama spoke at the 2018 Nelson Mandela Lecture Series in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this address, Obama lent the weight of the rhetorical post-presidency to further mythologize the late South African leader, helping to transform him into the mythic “Madiba,” the embodiment of resistance, progress, and perseverance for all of humankind. Set against the backdrop of a resurgen…
Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?” The Wizarding World of Harry Potter as a constructed site of (artificial) collective memory, identity, and resistance
This essay positions the “magic” of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, Florida as residing at the distinctive confluence of multimodal rhetorics, memory, and fandom identity, with ramifications reaching into current socio-political realities of resistance, democracy, and communication. The Wizarding World, as a site central to the Harry Potter fandom’s collective memory and identity, reifies the values of inclusivity, equality, anti-…
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Stop Bringing Citations to a Knife Fight
“Where is your blue hair?!”A man stopped abruptly on the sidewalk, forcing other passersby into the grass. He scanned me head to toe, face contorted in genuine bewilderment, and stammered, “I-I don't understand.”Taken aback at the genuine curiosity in this man's voice—and completely forgetting that I have not had hair since at least 2013—I hesitated and began to rub the top of my head.“You're not like the Democrats I see on TV!” he exclaimed, “Yo…
Mythologizing Madiba
In his first major post-presidential public address, President Barack Obama spoke at the 2018 Nelson Mandela Lecture Series in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this address, Obama lent the weight of the rhetorical post-presidency to further mythologize the late South African leader, helping to transform him into the mythic “Madiba,” the embodiment of resistance, progress, and perseverance for all of humankind. Set against the backdrop of a resurgen…
Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?” The Wizarding World of Harry Potter as a constructed site of (artificial) collective memory, identity, and resistance
This essay positions the “magic” of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, Florida as residing at the distinctive confluence of multimodal rhetorics, memory, and fandom identity, with ramifications reaching into current socio-political realities of resistance, democracy, and communication. The Wizarding World, as a site central to the Harry Potter fandom’s collective memory and identity, reifies the values of inclusivity, equality, anti-…
Rhetoric and Communication Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Academic Writing and Publishing (1 work)