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Ronald Reagan The Movie
And Other Episodes in Political Demonology
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English
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1988
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The fear of the subversive has governed American politics, from the racial conflicts of the early republic to the Hollywood anti-Communism of Ronald Reagan. Political monsters—the Indian cannibal, the black rapist, the demon rum, the bomb-throwing anarchist, the many-tentacled Communist conspiracy, the agents of international terrorism—are familiar figures in the dream life that so often dominates American political consciousness. What are the meanings and sources of these demons? Why does the American political imagination conjure them up? Michael Rogin answers these questions by examining the American countersubversive tradition.
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Rogin Michael :
Michael P. Rogin is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Subversive Geneology: The Politics and Art of Herman Melville (California, 1985).
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Contents
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Preface
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1. Ronald Reagan, the Movie
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2. Political Repression in the United States
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3. The King's Two Bodies: Lincoln, Wilson, Nixon, and Presidential Self-Sacrifice
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4. Nonpartisanship and the Group Interest
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5. Liberal Society and the Indian Question
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6. Nature as Politics and Nature as Romance in America
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7. "The Sword Became a Flashing Vision": D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation
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8. Kiss Me Deadly: Communism, Motherhood, and Cold War Movies
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9. American Political Demonology: A Retrospective
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Notes
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Index
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July 15, 1988
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9780520908994
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420
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Keywords for this book
subversive; fear; race; racism; racial conflict; prejudice; anti communism; red scare; social order; cultural anxieties; anarchist; terrorism; terrorist; repression; nixon; presidents; birth of a nation; cold war; media; film; cultural narratives; politics; psychology; violence; american politics; popular culture; zeitgeist; political theory; international terrorism; social studies; political science; reagan; black rapist; culture; society; nonfiction; american studies
