Change and Continuity in Concession and Victory Speeches: Race, Gender, and Age in the Closing Statements of the 2008 Presidential Campaign

Autor:	B. Wayne Howell
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology Presidential election media_common.quotation_subject Closing (real estate) Victory General Social Sciences Presidential campaign Education Age and gender Race (biology) Law Rhetorical question Sociology media_common
Zdroj:	American Behavioral Scientist. 55:765-783
ISSN:	1552-3381 0002-7642
DOI:	10.1177/0002764211406082
Popis:	Given the controversies related to race, gender, and age that characterized the 2008 campaign, and the uniquely historic outcome of the presidential election, one might expect deviations from rhetorical conventions associated with the concession and victory statements that marked the end of the campaign. This essay examines issues related to the race, gender, and age of Barack Obama, John McCain, and Sarah Palin that were manifest during the campaign and the ways McCain and Obama addressed those controversial issues in their respective concession and victory speeches. The candidates’ speeches maintained continuity with the generic aspects of concession and victory speeches. Within those generic constraints, McCain and Obama primarily addressed aspects of race. McCain implicitly addressed contemporary and continuing issues related to gender, whereas Obama did not, but neither candidate addressed issues related to age.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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