Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election

Her Political and Social Discourse

Contributions by Diane M. Blair, A. Fletcher Cole, Farris Lee Francis, Rochelle Gregory, Sara Hillin, Michele Lockhart, Kathleen Mollick, Rebecca S. Richards, Margaret E. Scranton, Michelle Smith, Debbie Jay Williams Edited by Michele Lockhart, Kathleen Mollick

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Publication date:

19 November 2015

Length of book:

244 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9781498516938

Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election: Her Political and Social Discourse is an edited 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.

Hillary Clinton’s “18 Million Cracks”: The Enduring Legacy of the Presidential Glass Ceiling, Diane M. Blair
Hillary’s Arkansas Comeback: Achieving Education Standards Reform, Margaret E. Scranton
Smart Power and Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Discourse: 2012–2016, Kathleen Mollick
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
Authenticity, Authority, and Gender: Hard Choices as Professional Autobiography and Transnational Feminist Manifesto, Michelle Smith
(Re)Writing Her Story: The Lives of Hillary Clinton’s Autobiographical Self, A. Fletcher Cole
Chelsea’s Mom, Charlotte’s Grandma: Negotiating a New Role in the Presidential Construction of Hillary Clinton, Debbie Jay Williams
“Who Run the World?”: Hillary Clinton and the Use of Pop Feminism as Rhetorical Strategy, Rebecca S. Richards
A Sartorial Tapestry: The Rhetorical Shifts of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Farris Lee Francis and Rochelle Gregory
“Let’s Chat”: Hillary’s Cyber Presence as Rhetorical Space, Sara Hillin

Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election is another important contribution to what some have termed “Hillary Studies.” The contributors consider Hillary Clinton as a first lady, senator, secretary of state, and 2008 presidential candidate, and examine how those various roles linguistically constitute the backdrop for her 2016 campaign, as well as the perceptions of her public identity and political credibility. From autobiography to stump speeches to social media, discourse by and about Hillary Clinton provides an important lens through which to consider the often contested relationships among gender, public identity, and power in U.S. political culture. An insightful, approachable, must read for anyone interested in Hillary Clinton, political communication, and/or gender in public culture.