Lincoln, Inc. is an engaging examination of the uses and abuses of the sixteenth president's image in America today. Whether in political campaigns, blockbuster films, school pageants, or soft drink advertisements, the use of the Lincoln image reveals who we think we are as a nation, and who we wish we could be.
Lincoln, Inc. is an engaging examination of the uses and abuses of the sixteenth president's image in America today. Whether in political campaigns, blockbuster films, school pageants, or soft drink advertisements, the use of the Lincoln image reveals who we think we are as a nation, and who we wish we could be.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jackie Hogan is chair of the Sociology Department at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. She is the author of Gender, Race and National Identity: Nations of Flesh and Blood.
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Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Lincoln, Inc.: Selling the Sixteenth President Selling Abraham Lincoln An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln Chapter 2: Mr. Lincoln's Coattails: Marketing, Memorabilia, and Presidential Tourism Branding Lincoln On the Road with Lincoln An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: Commodification, Simulation, and Riding the Rail Splitter's Coattails Chapter 3: Packaging the President: Lincoln Biographies "Among the Noblest of the Nation's Treasures": Themes in Lincoln Biographies Hogs, Books, and Indians: Anecdotes in Lincoln Biographies The Quotes Maketh the Man: Lincoln in His Own Words Lincoln Lovers and Lincoln Haters: Disputations in Lincoln Biographies An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: Framing the Sixteenth President Chapter 4: Telling Fictions: Lincoln in Literature, Television, and Film From Sentimentality to Sensationalism: The Evolution of the Fictional Lincoln Lincoln in Biographical Fiction: The Sixteenth President as Boy Scout Lincoln in Period Suspense: The MacGuffin President Lincoln in Contemporary Suspense: The Unimpeachable President Lincoln in Romance Novels: The Pinup President Lincoln in Science Fiction and Fantasy: The Great Transmogrifier An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: Desire, Social Structure, and the Cultural Production of Lincoln Chapter 5: What Would Lincoln Do? The Sixteenth President in Twenty-First-Century Politics In Lincoln We Trust: Lincoln and Legitimacy The Fight for Lincoln's Soul Emancipation Proclamations: Homosexuality and Abortion Whitewashing Lincoln? The Great Emancipator in Racial Politics An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: Manufacturing Historical Reputations Chapter 6: A Is for Abe: Teaching Lincoln Lessons in Lincoln Picturing Abe: Lincoln in Children's Picture Books Nods to Diversity: The Lincoln Era in High School Textbooks Silence Is Golden: What Lessons in Lincoln Leave Out An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: The Lincolnization of American Children Chapter 7: Lincoln under Glass: The Great Emancipator in American Museums On Curators and Curiosities Exhibiting Lincoln What Lies Beneath: Unifying Themes in Lincoln Exhibits Saint Abe: The Veneration of Lincoln Consuming Lincoln An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: Profiting from the Past Chapter 8: Selling Lincoln: Who Do We Think We Are? The Anti-Lincolns The Barber, the Seamstress, and the Abolitionists: African Americans in the Lincoln Narrative Lessons from the Anti Lincolns: Who Do We (Not) Want to Be? An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: The Sixteenth President in the "Imagined Community" Coda: In Defense of Lincoln, Inc. Bibliography Index About the Author
Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Lincoln, Inc.: Selling the Sixteenth President Selling Abraham Lincoln An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln Chapter 2: Mr. Lincoln's Coattails: Marketing, Memorabilia, and Presidential Tourism Branding Lincoln On the Road with Lincoln An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: Commodification, Simulation, and Riding the Rail Splitter's Coattails Chapter 3: Packaging the President: Lincoln Biographies "Among the Noblest of the Nation's Treasures": Themes in Lincoln Biographies Hogs, Books, and Indians: Anecdotes in Lincoln Biographies The Quotes Maketh the Man: Lincoln in His Own Words Lincoln Lovers and Lincoln Haters: Disputations in Lincoln Biographies An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: Framing the Sixteenth President Chapter 4: Telling Fictions: Lincoln in Literature, Television, and Film From Sentimentality to Sensationalism: The Evolution of the Fictional Lincoln Lincoln in Biographical Fiction: The Sixteenth President as Boy Scout Lincoln in Period Suspense: The MacGuffin President Lincoln in Contemporary Suspense: The Unimpeachable President Lincoln in Romance Novels: The Pinup President Lincoln in Science Fiction and Fantasy: The Great Transmogrifier An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: Desire, Social Structure, and the Cultural Production of Lincoln Chapter 5: What Would Lincoln Do? The Sixteenth President in Twenty-First-Century Politics In Lincoln We Trust: Lincoln and Legitimacy The Fight for Lincoln's Soul Emancipation Proclamations: Homosexuality and Abortion Whitewashing Lincoln? The Great Emancipator in Racial Politics An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: Manufacturing Historical Reputations Chapter 6: A Is for Abe: Teaching Lincoln Lessons in Lincoln Picturing Abe: Lincoln in Children's Picture Books Nods to Diversity: The Lincoln Era in High School Textbooks Silence Is Golden: What Lessons in Lincoln Leave Out An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: The Lincolnization of American Children Chapter 7: Lincoln under Glass: The Great Emancipator in American Museums On Curators and Curiosities Exhibiting Lincoln What Lies Beneath: Unifying Themes in Lincoln Exhibits Saint Abe: The Veneration of Lincoln Consuming Lincoln An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: Profiting from the Past Chapter 8: Selling Lincoln: Who Do We Think We Are? The Anti-Lincolns The Barber, the Seamstress, and the Abolitionists: African Americans in the Lincoln Narrative Lessons from the Anti Lincolns: Who Do We (Not) Want to Be? An Outsider's Perspective on Lincoln: The Sixteenth President in the "Imagined Community" Coda: In Defense of Lincoln, Inc. Bibliography Index About the Author
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