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The President Electric: Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Performance (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance)
Timothy Raphael
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Hardcover. Reveals how the systematic employment of the techniques and technologies of mass-media performance contributed to Ronald Reagan's rise to power and defined his style of governance. Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
This book tells how Reagan's immersion in an electronic media culture of performance shaped his political career. When Ronald Reagan first entered politics in 1965, his public profile as a performer in radio, film, television, and advertising and his experience in public relations proved invaluable political assets. By the time he left office in 1989, the media in which he trained had become the primary source for generating and wielding political power. ""The President Electric: Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Performance"" reveals how the systematic employment of the techniques and technologies of mass-media performance contributed to Reagan's rise to ... Read more
This book tells how Reagan's immersion in an electronic media culture of performance shaped his political career. When Ronald Reagan first entered politics in 1965, his public profile as a performer in radio, film, television, and advertising and his experience in public relations proved invaluable political assets. By the time he left office in 1989, the media in which he trained had become the primary source for generating and wielding political power. ""The President Electric: Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Performance"" reveals how the systematic employment of the techniques and technologies of mass-media performance contributed to Reagan's rise to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472070732
SKU
V9780472070732
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About Timothy Raphael
Timothy Raphael is Assistant Professor of Theater & Performance Studies at Georgetown University.
Reviews for The President Electric: Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Performance (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance)
Others have written well on the phenomenon of Ronald Reagan, the actor-president, but this is the first book by a real authority - trained in performance himself and fully reflective about it from the inside - to detail how carefully the future president prepared technically for what he famously called 'the role of a lifetime.' - Joseph Roach, Sterling Professor ... Read more