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FDR's Body Politics
Houck, Davis W.; Kiewe, Amos
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Description for FDR's Body Politics
Franklin Roosevelt took great care to hide his polio-induced lameness. This book is an analysis of the silences surrounding Roosevelt's disability, the words he used to portray himself and his policies as powerful and health-giving, and the methods he used to maximise the appearance of strength. Series: Presidential Rhetoric Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 6 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFG; GTC; HBJK; HBWQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Franklin Roosevelt instinctively understood that a politician of his era who was unable to control his own body would be perceived as unable to control the body politic. He therefore took great care to hide his polio-induced lameness both visually and verbally. In FDR's Body Politics. Davis W. Houck and Amos Kiewe draw on never-before-used primary sources to analyze the silences surrounding Roosevelt's disability, the words he chose to portray himself and his policies as powerful and health-giving, and the methods he used to maximize the appearance of physical strength. They examine his broad strategies, as well as the speeches ... Read more
Franklin Roosevelt instinctively understood that a politician of his era who was unable to control his own body would be perceived as unable to control the body politic. He therefore took great care to hide his polio-induced lameness both visually and verbally. In FDR's Body Politics. Davis W. Houck and Amos Kiewe draw on never-before-used primary sources to analyze the silences surrounding Roosevelt's disability, the words he chose to portray himself and his policies as powerful and health-giving, and the methods he used to maximize the appearance of physical strength. They examine his broad strategies, as well as the speeches ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Presidential Rhetoric Series
Number of Pages
160
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781585442331
SKU
V9781585442331
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About Houck, Davis W.; Kiewe, Amos
Davis W. Houck is an assistant professor of communication at Florida State University in Tallahassee. His works include Rhetoric as Currency: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Great Depression and FDR and Fear Itself: The First Inaugural Address, also published by Texas A&M University Press. AMOS Kiewe, director of the speech communications department and associate dean of the College of Visual and ... Read more
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