Description |
1 online resource (xii, 141 pages) : illustrations |
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Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 8 |
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Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 8.
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Contents |
Keeping secrets -- Quo vadis? -- In sickness and in health -- Looking for looker -- A new deal and a new body -- A satisfactory embodiment -- Body politics |
Summary |
Franklin Roosevelt instinctively understood that a politician of his era who was unable to control his own body would be perceived as unable to control the body politic. He therefore took great care to hide his polioinduced lameness both visually and verbally. In FDR's Body Politics, Davis W. Houck and Amos Kiewe draw on never-before-used primary sources to analyze the silences surrounding Roosevelt's disability, the words he chose to portray himself and his policies as powerful and health-giving, and the methods he used to maximize the appearance of physical strength. They examine his broad strategies, as well as the speeches Roosevelt delivered during his political comeback after polio struck, to understand how he overcame the whispering campaign against him in 1928 and 1932. Ultimately, this is a story of triumph and courage that reveals a master politician's understanding of the body politic in the most fundamental of ways |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Health
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Language
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Public opinion
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SUBJECT |
Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 |
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 fast |
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Physical fitness -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Human body -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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English language -- United States -- Rhetoric
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Public opinion -- United States
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Health attitudes.
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Politics, Practical.
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Misinformation.
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Disabled Persons -- psychology
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Attitude to Health
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Communication
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History, 20th Century
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Human Body
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Politics
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politics.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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Communication
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Politics, Practical
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Health attitudes
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English language -- Rhetoric
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Health
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Human body -- Social aspects
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Language and languages
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People with disabilities
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Politics and government
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Presidents
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Public opinion
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140464
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United States |
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United States
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Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Kiewe, Amos
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ISBN |
158544894X |
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9781585448944 |
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9781603446730 |
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1603446737 |
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1299052681 |
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9781299052680 |
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