George Washington and Political Fatherhood
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8109-2 (ISBN)
More than two hundred years after his death, George Washington is still often considered the metaphorical father of the United States. He was first known as the "Father of His Country" during his lifetime, when the American people bestowed the title upon him as a symbolic act of resistance and rebirth. Since then, presidents have stood as paternal figureheads for America, often serving as moral beacons.
This book tracks political fatherhood throughout world history, from the idea of the pater patriae in Roman antiquity to Martin Luther's Bible translations and beyond. Often using George Washington as a paradigm, the author explores presidential iconography in the U.S., propaganda and the role of paternal rhetoric in shaping American sociopolitical history--including the results of the 2016 presidential election.
Heinz Tschachler is a former professor of English and American studies at Alpen-Adria-University in Klagenfurt, Austria. He is the author of numerous books.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Enter George Washington
I. Daddy Issues: Presidents as Fathers
1. On Fathers, Past and Present
2. George Washington Becomes the Father of His Country
II. Political Sovereignty and Metaphorical Fathers
3. Strict Father Washington?
4. Inventing George Washington
5. Representing the Republic
III. One Whom Memory Oft Recalls
6. Symbolic Alliances
7. Expressions of Consent
8. The Father of the Fatherless
IV. From the Civil War through the Bicentennial of 1932
9. North and South
10. National Myths
11. Towards the Bicentennial of 1932
V. The Preservation of Our Folklore
12. George of Many Perceptions
13. Washington’s Unique Greatness
Epilogue: If George Washington Had Not Been the Father of His Country
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 31.12.2019 |
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Zusatzinfo | 30 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 476 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-8109-0 / 1476681090 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-8109-2 / 9781476681092 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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