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Direct linkTerrill, Robert E. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2009
Faced with a racialized political crisis that threatened to derail his campaign to become the first African American president of the United States, Barack Obama delivered a speech on race titled "A More Perfect Union." He begins by portraying himself as an embodiment of double consciousness, but then invites his audience to share his…
Descriptors: African Americans, Political Campaigns, Presidents, Crisis Management
Rowland, Robert C.; Jones, John M. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2007
This essay draws upon the work of Northrop Frye to show that stories enacting the American Dream contain elements associated with romance, and briefly traces how Ronald Reagan and conservatives utilized the romance of the American Dream to the point that many Americans associated it exclusively with conservatism. The essay then details how Barack…
Descriptors: Politics, Democratic Values, Political Attitudes, Political Candidates
