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Make America politically incorrect (again) : a genealogy with applications to the 2016 presidential campaign
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
of the term's circulation by Donald Trump, and Trump's campaign, in the 2016 presidential election. This dissertation proposes that political correctness is an empty signifier that responds to an anxiety concerning the rearranging of social hierarchies. Over a...
Mugwumps and never trumps : the rhetoric of party bolting and party repair
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
of 1884, 1948, and 2016 provide a brief glimpse into the complexities of partisan identification and disidentification occurring outside the traditional framework of critical elections....