Shawn J Parry‐Giles
Biographic Data
| ID | 5595138 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shawn J Parry‐Giles |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shawn J |
| FAMILY NAME | Parry‐Giles |
| SIGNATURE | GILES S J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monmouth College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The west wing's prime‐time presidentiality: Mimesis and catharsis in a postmodern romance
This essay reads the NBC drama The West Wing against the cultural anxieties and ambivalences about the contemporary presidency, arguing that the program presents a powerful and meaningful "presidentiality," a discursive construction of the presidency with ideological and rhetorical relevance. Specifically, The West Wing mimetically captures a view of the presidency, offering, in the process, a romantic vision of the institution that reflects the …
Collective memory, political nostalgia, and the rhetorical presidency: Bill Clinton's commemoration of the March on Washington, August 28, 1998
This essay offers a reading of President Bill Clinton's address on August 28, 1998 in which he commemorates the 35th anniversary of the March on Washington. Specifically, Clinton's August 28th address reveals how the presidency has become a hermeneutic site for the formation of collective memory and political nostalgia. This analysis discusses the uses of political nostalgia for the purposes of political image (re)construction as evidenced by Cli…
Image‐based politics, feminism and the consequences of their convergence
Gendered politics and presidential image construction: A reassessment of the “feminine style”
Current feminist rhetorical scholarship celebrates the presence of the "feminine style" in contemporary political discourse. We argue that such a style potentially masks the reliance of political image construction on a hegemonic masculinity that serves to preserve politics as a patriarchal system. An analysis of five presidential campaign films reveals the utilization of the 'feminine" style in these films and suggests that social constructions …
Rhetorical experimentation and the cold war, 1947–1953: The development of an internationalist approach to propaganda
Because most propaganda scholars examine discourse where audience and propagandist reside in the same society, they conclude that the practice of propaganda is culturally driven. By examining governmental propaganda directed exclusively to an international audience during the early years of the Cold War, this study reveals that propagandists can and do overcome the cultural constraints of language in order to inculcate their values abroad. More s…
Propaganda, effect, and the cold war: Gauging the status of america's “war of words
The article examines the interrelationship among propaganda, effect, and the Cold War during congressional debates over America's first peacetime propaganda program. Although the rise of the communication research paradigm affected the production of statistical evidence to measure the effectiveness of America's Cold War propaganda, this case study argues that the “war of words” metaphor further heightened the need for empirical proof of America's…
Gendered politics and presidential image construction: A reassessment of the “feminine style”
Current feminist rhetorical scholarship celebrates the presence of the "feminine style" in contemporary political discourse. We argue that such a style potentially masks the reliance of political image construction on a hegemonic masculinity that serves to preserve politics as a patriarchal system. An analysis of five presidential campaign films reveals the utilization of the 'feminine" style in these films and suggests that social constructions …
The west wing's prime‐time presidentiality: Mimesis and catharsis in a postmodern romance
This essay reads the NBC drama The West Wing against the cultural anxieties and ambivalences about the contemporary presidency, arguing that the program presents a powerful and meaningful "presidentiality," a discursive construction of the presidency with ideological and rhetorical relevance. Specifically, The West Wing mimetically captures a view of the presidency, offering, in the process, a romantic vision of the institution that reflects the …
Propaganda, effect, and the cold war: Gauging the status of america's “war of words
The article examines the interrelationship among propaganda, effect, and the Cold War during congressional debates over America's first peacetime propaganda program. Although the rise of the communication research paradigm affected the production of statistical evidence to measure the effectiveness of America's Cold War propaganda, this case study argues that the “war of words” metaphor further heightened the need for empirical proof of America's…
Collective memory, political nostalgia, and the rhetorical presidency: Bill Clinton's commemoration of the March on Washington, August 28, 1998
This essay offers a reading of President Bill Clinton's address on August 28, 1998 in which he commemorates the 35th anniversary of the March on Washington. Specifically, Clinton's August 28th address reveals how the presidency has become a hermeneutic site for the formation of collective memory and political nostalgia. This analysis discusses the uses of political nostalgia for the purposes of political image (re)construction as evidenced by Cli…
Rhetorical experimentation and the cold war, 1947–1953: The development of an internationalist approach to propaganda
Because most propaganda scholars examine discourse where audience and propagandist reside in the same society, they conclude that the practice of propaganda is culturally driven. By examining governmental propaganda directed exclusively to an international audience during the early years of the Cold War, this study reveals that propagandists can and do overcome the cultural constraints of language in order to inculcate their values abroad. More s…
Rhetorical experimentation and the cold war, 1947–1953: The development of an internationalist approach to propaganda
Because most propaganda scholars examine discourse where audience and propagandist reside in the same society, they conclude that the practice of propaganda is culturally driven. By examining governmental propaganda directed exclusively to an international audience during the early years of the Cold War, this study reveals that propagandists can and do overcome the cultural constraints of language in order to inculcate their values abroad. More s…
Propaganda, effect, and the cold war: Gauging the status of america's “war of words
The article examines the interrelationship among propaganda, effect, and the Cold War during congressional debates over America's first peacetime propaganda program. Although the rise of the communication research paradigm affected the production of statistical evidence to measure the effectiveness of America's Cold War propaganda, this case study argues that the “war of words” metaphor further heightened the need for empirical proof of America's…
Gendered politics and presidential image construction: A reassessment of the “feminine style”
Current feminist rhetorical scholarship celebrates the presence of the "feminine style" in contemporary political discourse. We argue that such a style potentially masks the reliance of political image construction on a hegemonic masculinity that serves to preserve politics as a patriarchal system. An analysis of five presidential campaign films reveals the utilization of the 'feminine" style in these films and suggests that social constructions …
Image‐based politics, feminism and the consequences of their convergence
Collective memory, political nostalgia, and the rhetorical presidency: Bill Clinton's commemoration of the March on Washington, August 28, 1998
This essay offers a reading of President Bill Clinton's address on August 28, 1998 in which he commemorates the 35th anniversary of the March on Washington. Specifically, Clinton's August 28th address reveals how the presidency has become a hermeneutic site for the formation of collective memory and political nostalgia. This analysis discusses the uses of political nostalgia for the purposes of political image (re)construction as evidenced by Cli…
The west wing's prime‐time presidentiality: Mimesis and catharsis in a postmodern romance
This essay reads the NBC drama The West Wing against the cultural anxieties and ambivalences about the contemporary presidency, arguing that the program presents a powerful and meaningful "presidentiality," a discursive construction of the presidency with ideological and rhetorical relevance. Specifically, The West Wing mimetically captures a view of the presidency, offering, in the process, a romantic vision of the institution that reflects the …
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