The Presidents We Imagine Two Centuries of White House Fictions on the Page, on the Stage, Onscreen, and Online |
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| Author:
| Smith, Jeff |
| Series title: | Studies in American Thought and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-299-23184-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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In The Presidents We Imagine, Jeff Smith examines the presidency's ever-changing place in the American imagination. Ranging across different media and analyzing works of many kinds, some familiar and some never before studied, he explores the evolution of presidential fictions, their central themes, the impact on them of new and emerging media, and their largely unexamined role in the nation's real politics.
In The Presidents We Imagine, Jeff Smith examines the presidency's ever-changing place in the American imagination. Ranging across different media and analyzing works of many kinds, some familiar and some never before studied, he explores the evolution of presidential fictions, their central themes, the impact on them of new and emerging media, and their largely unexamined role in the nation's real politics.