Public Characters

The Politics of Reputation and Blame

Bibliographic Data

ID7495684
AuthorsJames M Jasper (Professor of Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center, corresponding author), Michael P Young (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin), Michael Young (0000-0001-7549-9449), Elke Zuern (Professor of Politics, Sarah Lawrence College)
Year2020
Pages328
Publication date2020-01-23
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePublic Characters (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressNew York (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780190050047.001.0001
OpenAlexW4237924965
Open LibraryOL29448867M
ISBN9780190050047
LanguageEN
Citations received29

Admirable heroes, threatening villains, innocent victims, and ridiculous minions have long been central to politics and related strategic arenas. These public characters populate the dramas through which people understand those around them, and they are important because of the emotions felt toward them. Public Characters shows the work that goes into these reputations, through words, images, and sounds. Whether it is Garibaldi’s role in Italian nation-building or Donald Trump’s vicious epithets for opponents, this book takes an interdisciplinary look at this important aspect of culture and politics. The stories people tell move audiences only because of the characters in them

Political science · Media Studies and Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Blame · Character · Political aspects · Political sociology · Reputation

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