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Trevor Parry-Giles
Researcher at University of Maryland, College Park
Publications - 22
Citations - 392
Trevor Parry-Giles is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, College Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Presidency. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 21 publications receiving 377 citations.
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Gendered politics and presidential image construction: A reassessment of the “feminine style”
TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of five presidential campaign films reveals the utilization of the "feminine" style in these films and suggests that social constructions of masculinity work hegemonically in two ways.
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Collective memory, political nostalgia, and the rhetorical presidency: Bill Clinton's commemoration of the March on Washington, August 28, 1998
TL;DR: The authors analyzed the use of political nostalgia for the purposes of political image reconstruction as evidenced by Clinton's exploitation of the civil rights movement to explain and excuse his personal failings and his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
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The west wing's prime‐time presidentiality: Mimesis and catharsis in a postmodern romance
TL;DR: The authors argue that the NBC drama The West Wing provides a powerful and meaningful "presidentiality" that is a discursive construction of the presidency with ideological and rhetorical relevance. But they do not address the cultural anxieties and ambivalences about the contemporary presidency.
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The Prime-Time Presidency: The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism
TL;DR: The Prime-Time Presidency as discussed by the authors explores the NBC drama The West Wing, paying particular attention to its role in promoting cultural meaning about the presidency and U.S. national identity.
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Meta-Imaging, The War Room, and the Hyperreality of U.S. Politics
TL;DR: The authors argue that The War Room, through the use of naturalized military metaphors, works toward the edification of image making as a normative campaign process and a reaffirmation of U.S. national identity.