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- Title
Reclaiming White Spaces: Reading Trump's Inaugural Address as a Eulogy for the <American Dream>.
- Authors
Guitar, Joshua
- Abstract
Trump's inaugural address deviated considerably from inaugural norms. This deviation can be seen as ideological response to Obama's infringement upon institutions of whiteness. Trump's address espoused dualistic exigence, operating concurrently as an inaugural address and a eulogy for the <American dream>. In order to engage the symbolism of Trump's deviation, this article develops and exemplifies post-genre analysis as a rhetorical methodology. Utilizing Critical Race theory, this post-genre analysis illustrates how Trump devalued nonwhite agency, criminalized nonwhite infringements upon institutions of whiteness, and adopted a messianic identity to reclaim the presidency and the <American dream> for whiteness ideology.
- Subjects
TRUMP, Donald, 1946-; INAUGURATION of United States presidents; CRITICAL race theory; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-; AMERICAN Dream; GENRE studies; EULOGIES; RHETORICAL analysis; READING
- Publication
Western Journal of Communication, 2021, Vol 85, Issue 3, p299
- ISSN
1057-0314
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/10570314.2020.1789728