1st Edition
Atlantic Reverberations French Representations of an American Presidential Election
By Paul C. Adams
Copyright 2007
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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The 2004 US election provided French citizens and their media with a springboard for re-conceiving 'self' and 'other'. Given its prominent opposition to recent US foreign policy such as the invasion of Iraq, a volley of insults and caustic remarks reverberated between France and the US. French observers linked the Bush administration's policies to particular groups and regions within the US, to a... Read more
Contents: Preface; The international echo chamber; Geopolitical representation and its contexts; France-US relations and the 2004 election; Scholarly debate : the emerging motif of counterbalance; Newspaper reporting: restraint and balance; Television: plumbing the depths of l'Am que profonde; Internet: ideal speech situation or babble?; Quel rapprochement?; References; Index.
Biography
Paul C Adams is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
