| Description |
1 online resource (141 p.) |
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Routledge Focus on Linguistics Ser |
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Routledge Focus on Linguistics Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -- Aims of the book -- Overarching analytic approaches -- Contents of the book -- 2 Modern political discourse: Innovations and revisited traditions -- Introduction -- Political discourse in the post-digital era -- The language of populism -- 3 The discursive construction, delegitimization, and defense of political identities -- Introduction -- Constructing (political) selves: positioning, narrative, and coherence |
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Contesting the opposition: delegitimization and recontextualization -- Taking a stance in the defense of identities -- 4 "It's time for one of us": The construction of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's political self during her first campaign -- Introduction -- The selected viral content of Ocasio-Cortez's first campaign -- The Courage to Change campaign video -- The construction of a coherent political self in The Courage to Change -- A tweeted narrative -- Narrating Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: novelty and populism in her campaign ad and tweets |
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5 Attacks on a progressive newcomer: Fox News coverage and its uptake online -- The anti-AOC offensive -- Methods -- Dismantling legitimacy on Fox News -- The recontextualization of Ocasio-Cortez's words onto Fox News -- Fox News coverage of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -- YouTube comments about Fox News coverage -- 6 "Get used to me slaying": The discursive realization of a "clapback queen" -- Introduction -- Data and methods -- "I am incredibly flattered," "This is not about me:" defense, rebuttal, and reprisal on the House floor |
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"Don't hate me cause you ain't me, fellas": expressing (dis) alignment on Twitter -- Conclusions -- 7 The identity work of a modern leader -- Introduction -- Narrating a new political identity -- Subverting the narrative -- Safeguarding the narrative -- Looking ahead -- Appendix -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria, 1989-
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Communication in politics -- United States
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Social media -- Political aspects -- United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000801033 |
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1000801039 |
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