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Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election: Her Political and Social Discourse is anedited collection that demonstrates the ways in which Clinton has used political rhetoric and discourse to provide and assert her right to leadership in her many roles as First Lady, Senator from New York, and Secretary of State. This collection lends itself to the potential Democratic nomination of Clinton for U.S. President with its examination of current media reports and interviews with Clinton. Each chapter analyzes various aspects of the campaign to present readers with a pre-election picture of Clinton's political discourse and how it relates to the 2016 election. Recommended for scholars of rhetoric, political rhetoric, political discourse, leadership studies, women's studies, and gender roles in politics.
List of contents
1.Hillary Clinton's "18 Million Cracks": The Enduring Legacy of the Presidential Glass Ceiling, Diane M. Blair
2.Hillary's Arkansas Comeback: Achieving Education Standards Reform, Margaret E. Scranton
3.Smart Power and Hillary Clinton's Campaign Discourse: 2012-2016, Kathleen Mollick
4.From First Lady to Senator of New York: A Quantified-Qualitative Analysis of Hillary Clinton's Political Rhetoric during the Four Democratic National Conventions, Michele Lockhart
5.Authenticity, Authority, and Gender: Hard Choices as Professional Autobiography and Transnational Feminist Manifesto, Michelle Smith
6.(Re)Writing Her Story: The Lives of Hillary Clinton's Autobiographical Self, A. Fletcher Cole
7.Chelsea's Mom, Charlotte's Grandma: Negotiating a New Role in the Presidential Construction of Hillary Clinton, Debbie Jay Williams
8."Who Run the World?": Hillary Clinton and the Use of Pop Feminism as Rhetorical Strategy, Rebecca S. Richards
9.A Sartorial Tapestry: The Rhetorical Shifts of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Farris Lee Francis and Rochelle Gregory
10."Let's Chat": Hillary's Cyber Presence as Rhetorical Space, Sara Hillin
About the author
Michele Lockhart is senior lecturer of business communication at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Kathleen Mollick is associate professor of English at Tarleton State University.
Summary
This book demonstrates how Clinton used political rhetoric and discourse to provide and assert her right to lead. This edited collection analyzes interviews with and media reports about Clinton to present readers with a pre-election picture of her discourse and its relation to the 2016 election.
