Double-Consciousness and the Rhetoric of Barack Obama The Price and Promise of Citizenship |
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| Author:
| Terrill, Robert E. |
| Series title: | Studies in Rhetoric/Communication Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61117-531-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.99USD $41.99 |
Book Description:
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Argues that, in order to invent a robust manner of addressing one another as citizens, Americans must learn to draw on the delicate indignities of racial exclusion that have stained citizenship since its inception. In Double-Consciousness and the Rhetoric of Barack Obama, Robert E. Terrill demonstrates how President Barack Obama's public address models such a discourse.
Argues that, in order to invent a robust manner of addressing one another as citizens, Americans must learn to draw on the delicate indignities of racial exclusion that have stained citizenship since its inception. In Double-Consciousness and the Rhetoric of Barack Obama, Robert E. Terrill demonstrates how President Barack Obama's public address models such a discourse.