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FDR's body politics : the rhetoric of disability /

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. H...

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Main Author: Houck, Davis W.
Other Authors: Kiewe, Amos
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Health.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Language.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Public opinion.
Roosevelt, Franklin D > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945
Physical fitness > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Human body > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
People with disabilities > United States > Biography.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
English language > United States > Rhetoric.
Public opinion > United States.
Health attitudes.
Politics, Practical.
Misinformation.
Persons with Disabilities > psychology.
Attitude to Health
Communication
History, 20th Century
Human Body
Politics
politics.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
United States
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:158544894X
9781585448944
9781603446730
1603446737
1299052681
9781299052680
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 141 pages) : illustrations
Format: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.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index.
Language Note:English.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 8.
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