Rhetorics of Democracy in the Americas:

Democracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and institutions of the United States represent the true and right form of democracy, needed by all. This volume challenges this commonplace belief by putting US politics i...

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Weitere Verfasser: Angel, Adriana 1981- (HerausgeberIn), Butterworth, Michael L. (HerausgeberIn), Gómez, Nancy R. 1978- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: University Park, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Rhetoric and democratic deliberation volume 25
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Zusammenfassung:Democracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and institutions of the United States represent the true and right form of democracy, needed by all. This volume challenges this commonplace belief by putting US politics in the context of the Americas more broadly. Seeking to cultivate conversations among and between the hemispheres, this collection examines local political rhetorics across the Americas. The contributors-scholars of communication from both North and South America-recognize democratic ideals as irreducible to a single national perspective and reflect on the ways social minorities in the Western Hemisphere engage in unique political discourses. Essays consider current rhetorics in the United States on American exceptionalism, immigration, citizenship, and land rights alongside current cultural and political events in Latin America, such as corruption in Guatemala, women's activism in Ciudad Juárez, representation in Venezuela, and media bias in Brazil. Through a survey of these rhetorics, this volume provides a broad analysis of democracy. It highlights institutional and cultural differences in the Americas and presents a hemispheric democracy that is both more pluralistic and more agonistic than what is believed about the system in the United States.In addition to the editors, the contributors include José Cortez, Linsay M. Cramer, Pamela Flores, Alberto González, Amy N. Heuman, Christa J. Olson, Carlos Piovezani, Clara Eugenia Rojas Blanco, Abraham Romney, René Agustín de los Santos, and Alejandra Vitale
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 278 Seiten)
ISBN:9780271089485
DOI:10.1515/9780271089485

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