Full Description
The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign: Implications for National Discourse provides a lens through which to explore the implications of the monster metaphor as applied to Trump during the 2016 presidential election. Analyzing the overt and buried usages of the monster metaphor in the media's and Trump's discourse, as well as the structure of the monster narrative generally, offers connections between the metaphor and the actions incited by its narrative. This book explores the ways in which this language also serves as a metaphor to understand the ecology of Trump's candidacy and the polarized responses drawn by his campaign, and considers its troubling implications for the future direction of national discourse.
Contents
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Our Metaphors, Our Selves
Chapter Two: The Monster Narrative
Chapter Three: The Media and the Monster
Chapter Four: The Buried Metaphor: Donald Trump's Construction of Monsters
Chapter Five: Monster (Metaphor) Mash
Chapter Six: When the Abyss Gazes Back
Bibliography
Appendices
About the Authors
