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Used, Abused, and Sidelined

Debating the Declaration

Edited by Mary E. Stuckey

"Stuckey’s volume should be read by anyone who hopes to not only critique this essential founding document, but also wonder about how it might apply to preserving democracy in the future.”—Sam Martin, author of Decoding the Digital Church: Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump

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The First Inauguration

George Washington and the Invention of the Republic

Stephen Howard Browne

“Browne skillfully synthesizes biography, travelogue, social and political history, and rhetorical analysis to reach fresh conclusions about the relationship between individual and national character.”—Richard Norton Smith, The Wall Street Journal

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Deportable and Disposable

Public Rhetoric and the Making of the “Illegal” Immigrant

Lisa A. Flores

“Combining a rhetorical and historical approach, Deportable and Disposable will redefine the way that scholars think about deportation, deportability, the racialization of migrants, and the performativity of race.”—Josue David Cisneros, author of The Border Crossed Us: Rhetorics of Borders, Citizenship, and Latina/o Identity

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Satire as the Comic Public Sphere

Postmodern “Truthiness” and Civic Engagement

James E. Caron

“Should endure as an important, discerning account of the paradoxical nature of satire, especially in our postmodern media environment.”—Brian P. O’Sullivan Studies in American Humor

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The Rhetoric of Judging Well

The Conflicted Legacy of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

Edited by David A. Frank and Francis J. Mootz III

The Rhetoric of Judging Well offers a distinctive approach to legal rhetoric by providing a comprehensive and thorough account of the jurisprudence of a single, important justice. I know of no other book quite like it.”—Austin Sarat, author of When Governments Break the Law: The Rule of Law and the Prosecution of the Bush Administration