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Publication details [#51889]

Lee, Ronald. 2009. Using the 2008 Presidential Election to Think about “Playing the Race Card”. Communication Studies 60 (4) : 376–391.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

acceptability | argumentation | critical discourse analysis | election manifesto | race

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper explores Bill Clinton's and Geraldine Ferraro's use of the 'race card' as argumentative discourses during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election campaign, and assesses their reasonableness.