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Obama in Selma: Deixis, rhetorical vision, and the "true meaning of America" by Prasch, Allison M.

“…I argue that Barack Obama's immediate, imaginary, and discursive deictic references to the actions and character of ordinary citizens, specific geographical…”
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A tale of two presidencies: Trump and Biden on the National Mall by Prasch, Allison M.

“…The 2020 U.S. presidential campaign was about much more than an electoral contest between Donald J. Trump and Joseph R. Biden. Instead, this election cycle…”
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Toward a rhetorical theory of deixis by Prasch, Allison M.

“…This article advances a rhetorical theory of deixis, a theoretical and methodological orientation that infuses the linguistic concept of deixis with rhetorical…”
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The Rise of the Global Rhetorical Presidency by Prasch, Allison M.

“…I introduce the concept of the global rhetorical presidency to account for a fundamental shift in U.S. presidential rhetoric and foreign policy, one that…”
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"An Empire for Liberty": Reassessing US Presidential Foreign Policy Rhetoric by Prasch, Allison M., Stuckey, Mary E.

“…Empire is central to US foreign policy aims but is rarely taken directly into account in studies of American presidential foreign policy rhetoric. We argue…”
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Reagan at Pointe du Hoc: Deictic Epideictic and the Persuasive Power of “Bringing Before the Eyes” by Prasch, Allison M.

“…President Ronald Reagan’s June 6, 1984, “Address on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day” is one of his most celebrated speeches, and yet no critical assessment of…”
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Maternal Bodies in Militant Protest: Leymah Gbowee and the Rhetorical Agency of African Motherhood by Prasch, Allison M.

“…This essay analyzes how Leymah Gbowee and other Liberia Mass Action for Peace (LMAP) activists drew on the cultural power of African motherhood to engage in…”
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Retelling Watergate: Apologia, Political Eulogy, and Richard Nixon's "Final Campaign" by Prasch, Allison M.

“…In this article, I analyze the text of the Nixon Library's original Watergate exhibit as Richard Nixon's final attempt to speak in his own defense and to…”
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“A Journey for Peace”: Spatial Metaphors in Nixon's 1972 “Opening to China” by Carney, Zoë Hess, Prasch, Allison M.

“…Richard Nixon's “opening to China” is regarded as one of the most significant moments of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War. Through his rhetoric before,…”
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Saluting the “Skutnik”: Special Guests, the First Lady’s Box, and the Generic Evolution of the State of the Union Address by Prasch, Allison M., O’Grady, Julia Scatliff

“…This essay traces how Ronald Reagan’s invocation of Lenny Skutnik in his 1982 State of the Union address inaugurated a new generic norm for the president’s…”
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The First Inauguration: George Washington and the Invention of the Republic. By Stephen HowardBrowneState College, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020. 229 pp by Prasch, Allison M.

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The Ides of War: George Washington and the Newburgh Crisis by Stephen Howard Browne (review) by Prasch, Allison M

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The Ides of War: George Washington and the Newburgh Crisis by Prasch, Allison M.

“…Prasch reviews The Ides of War: George Washington and the Newburgh Crisis by Stephen Howard Browne…”
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Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture by Kristina Horn Sheeler, Karrin Vasby Anderson (review) by Prasch, Allison M

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The Good Neighbor: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Rhetoric of American Power by Mary E. Stuckey (review) by Prasch, Allison M

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Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory by Benjamin Hufbauer (review) by Prasch, Allison M

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Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam, and the Presidency: The Speech of March 31, 1968 by Prasch, Allison M

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Constituting the Cold War Commonplace: U.S. Presidential Public Address and the Inventional Possibilities of Speaking in situ by Prasch, Allison M

“…Although the “spatial” turn has generated significant advances in many areas of rhetorical theory and criticism, few scholars have considered how speakers (and…”
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Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory by Prasch, Allison M.

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Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam, and the Presidency: The Speech of March 31, 1968: Zarefsky, David. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2021. 240 pages. $45 (hardcover) by Prasch, Allison M.

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