Navera The Rhetoric of PNoy

Image, Myth, and Rhetorical Citizenship in Philippine Presidential Speeches
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4331-4832-3
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 32, 188 Seiten

Reihe: Frontiers in Political Communication

Political speeches don’t just mirror what transpires in the world; they have the potential to change people’s minds, move them into action, reinforce existing assumptions, and reshape cultures. They define public participation and are the ‘nexus points’ of disparate discourses, both nationally and globally. Because of their power to sustain the status quo or effect change, speeches warrant public attention and careful study. To examine them is to understand how they are crafted, what elements they possess, and how these elements come together to affect their audience. This volume analyzes selected speeches delivered by Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Simeon C. Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. They are speeches that have been used to shape public perception, gain support, and build identification between Aquino’s presidency and his audience.By mobilizing the concepts of presidential image, myth, metaphors, and rhetorical citizenship, readers are guided through a process of examining the rhetorical trajectory of the Philippine presidency, how a president’s discourse has attempted to shape Philippine socio-political reality, and how the evolving milieu the president has found himself in shapes his discourse. The essays in this volume will hopefully generate a discussion not only on the place of President Benigno Aquino’s rhetoric in Philippine presidential history, but also of how rhetorical practices in an evolving democratic society in Asia can extend and expand theorizations of presidential rhetoric and political communication at large.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Navera, Gene Segarra

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Totalitarismus & Diktaturen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprechwissenschaft, Rhetorik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Politische Unterdrückung & Verfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments – List of Abbreviations – Reading Philippine Presidential Rhetoric: Image, Myth, and Rhetorical Citizenship – Metaphorizing Good Governance: PNoy’s Daang Matuwid – Presidential Talk and “Truth-telling” – Anti-wang-wang and National Rebirth – A National Frame That Sounds “More of the Same” – The Presidency as Style – PNoy and His Assertion of Legitimacy – The Limits of Candor: Presidential Oratory in a Time of Crisis – Still Metaphors: Daang Matuwid and the Enduring Political Myth – Speech Criticism as Rhetorical Citizenship – List of Selected Speeches by President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III (PNoy) – Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Gene Segarra Navera is a lecturer at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he teaches ideas and exposition modules on Oratory and the Public Mind and Discourse, Citizenship and Society. He holds a PhD in English Language Studies from NUS as well.