Sovereign, Settler, Leaker, Lie: Forms of the Secret in US Political Rhetoric - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Atilla HallsbySeries:New Directions in Rhetoric and MaterialityPublish date:2/13/2026Pages:300
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ohio State University PressISBN-13:9780814259726ISBN-10:814259723UPC:9780814259726Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Rhetoric, Privacy & Surveillance, Security (National & International)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SCB428Z47G
In Sovereign, Settler, Leaker, Lie, Atilla Hallsby argues that secrets play a pivotal role in organizing political discourse in the United States. Hallsby takes up contemporary case studies-ranging from the Valerie Plame scandal during the George W. Bush presidency, to the use of Saul Alinsky's name as a partisan codeword for politicizing Obama's Blackness, to Chelsea Manning's public naming and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ohio State University PressISBN-13:9780814259726ISBN-10:814259723UPC:9780814259726Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Rhetoric, Privacy & Surveillance, Security (National & International)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SCB428Z47G
Atilla Hallsby is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is the author of Reading Rhetorical Theory: Speech, Representation, and Power.
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