Bücher der Reihe Presidential Rhetoric and Political Communication

Provides a discussion of US presidentiality as a unique rhetorical role. Within that framework, the authors review women's historical and contemporary presidential bids, placing special emphasis on the 2008 campaign. They also consider how presidentiality is framed in candidate oratory, campaign journalism, film and television, digital media, and political parody.

Provides studies of how words have served - or failed to serve - American presidents. This book contains chapters which examine George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton.