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- Title
TRUMPING THE ESTABLISHMENT: ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT THEATRICS AND RESONANCE IN THE 2016 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
- Authors
Schrock, Douglas; Adams, Alexander; Bausback, Ryan; Dignam, Pierce; Dowd-Arrow, Benjamin; Erichsen, Kristen; Gentile, Haley
- Abstract
Based on fieldwork at and transcripts of Donald Trump's campaign rallies and formal and informal interviews, we examine how Trump constructed an anti-establishment persona and how it resonated with supporters. Taking a dramaturgical approach, we analyze the four key symbolic processes through which Trump--regardless of intentions--engaged in such identity work: disafiliating from politicians, asserting political incorrectness, antagonizing the media, and attacking the political establishment. We also examine how Trump supporters' reactions at campaign rallies and their interview-based accounts resonated with Trump's rally rhetoric. We focus on how our interviewees and Trump used and reproduced intersectional discourses in various ways. We conclude by discussing our study's limitations and implications for understanding anti-establishment politics.
- Subjects
UNITED States presidential election, 2016; TRUMP, Donald, 1946-; PUBLIC demonstrations; INTERSECTIONALITY; UNITED States politics &; government, 21st century
- Publication
Race, Gender & Class, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 2/3, p7
- ISSN
1082-8354
- Publication type
Article