UID:
almahu_9948561081102882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780190924102 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
'Compromising Positions' argues that sex scandals aren't really about sex. Rather, they are a form of cultural theatre - a moment of highly visible, public storytelling - the purpose of which is to use specific racial and gendered symbols to create a collective sense of national worth and strength. To arrive at this conclusion, the text charts the ways in which attitudes about gender, race, and religion are woven together to create a certain sort of rhetoric about what America is, who is eligible to formally represent it, and what types of religiosity such leaders must display in order to legitimize their power.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2020.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190924072
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
