Rhetorical studies and national identity construction

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A review of the scholarship appearing in National Identities over its first 10 years reveals that increased theoretical and methodological dialogue between US and other international scholars of collective identity construction is in order. In that spirit, this essay discusses areas in which increased dialogue would likely prove fruitful: scholarship on public memory and memorialisation, presidential discourse, religious rhetoric and narrative theory.View full textDownload full textKeywordsnational identity, rhetorical studies, public memory, narrative theory, rhetoric of religion, presidential rhetoricRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2011.629428