Governing Codes: Gender, Metaphor, and Political Identity

by Karrin Vasby Anderson and Kristina Horn Sheeler

Book Overview

Governing Codes examines the political identity of four contemporary U.S. political figures_Democrats Ann Richards and Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republicans Christine Todd Whitman and Elizabeth Dole_illustrating how metaphor plays a central role in the construction of public identity in U.S. politics. Anderson and Sheeler analyze how familiar narratives and stereotypes about women and power often govern media portrayals of public women, containing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073911199X
• ISBN13: 9780739111994
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.8"