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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Compromising positions : political sex scandals and American Christianity -- Sex scandals, national fantasies, and the stories we tell -- Scandal : the story of wayward men (featuring a full cast, with special guest star, Donald Trump) -- Religion : the story of right and wrong (featuring Mark Foley and Roy Moore) -- Sex : the story of feminists and whores (featuring Anita Hill and Paula Jones) -- Nation : the story of American values (featuring Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, and John Edwards) -- Media : the story of just desserts (featuring Anthony Weiner and Arnold Schwarzenegger) -- Brett Kavanaugh and the contradictions of American masculinity (featuring Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, with a role reprisal by Donald Trump) |
| Summary |
'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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 05, 2019) |
| Subject |
Sex scandals -- United States.
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Politicians -- Sexual behavior -- United States
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Christianity and politics -- United States
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Evangelicalism -- United States
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Christianity and politics
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Evangelicalism
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Politicians -- Sexual behavior
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Sex scandals
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190924089 |
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019092408X |
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9780190924096 |
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0190924098 |
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