
The Rhetoric of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Crisis Management Discourse
Colleen Kelley(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 30. January 2001
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-275-96695-9 (ISBN)
Description
Kelley provides an examination of Hillary Rodham Clinton's rhetorical responses to mediated versions of crises in the Clinton Administration. She begins by examining the historical First Lady, and then looks at mediated political realities in general as well as those of the Clinton presidency. Kelley also examines the rhetorical management of political crises and the crises management style of First Ladies, including Florence Harding and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The book focuses on the analysis of Hillary Rodham Clinton's rhetorical management of crises in her husband's Administration, including health care, Travelgate, Whitewater, and allegations of sexual misconduct. Kelley's approach is grounded in Kenneth Burke's framework of language as a symbolic means of inducing cooperation through rhetorical identification. She concludes with speculation regarding both the degree of success of Hillary Clinton's efforts as well as the implications of those efforts to rhetorical and political communication and feminist theory. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and researchers of the presidency and the role of the First Lady, political communication, and feminist studies.
The book focuses on the analysis of Hillary Rodham Clinton's rhetorical management of crises in her husband's Administration, including health care, Travelgate, Whitewater, and allegations of sexual misconduct. Kelley's approach is grounded in Kenneth Burke's framework of language as a symbolic means of inducing cooperation through rhetorical identification. She concludes with speculation regarding both the degree of success of Hillary Clinton's efforts as well as the implications of those efforts to rhetorical and political communication and feminist theory. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and researchers of the presidency and the role of the First Lady, political communication, and feminist studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
691 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-96695-9 (9780275966959)
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COLLEEN ELIZABETH KELLEY is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication at Penn State-Erie, The Behrend College. Professor Kelley is the coeditor (with Rod Troester) of Peacemaking Through Communication and has written various articles for learned journals.
Content
Introduction The Historical First Lady Politics and Mediated Realities Mitigating Factors in Mediated Realities Crisis Management Rhetoric Crisis Management Styles of First Couples Crisis Management Discourse of Hillary Rodham Clinton: "Mini-Scandals" to Whitewater Crisis Management Discourse of Hillary Rodham Clinton: "Travelgate" to Impeachment The Rhetorical Evolution of Hillary Rodham Clinton Rhetorical Strategies of Hillary Rodham Clinton Conclusion Bibliography