the bitch and the war hero images of the 2008 presidential election
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The Bitch and the War Hero
Images of the 2008 Presidential Election
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Title/Approach
Language Offensive? There’s a point to it
Tropes, Stereotypes Deeply coded images The Guerrilla Girls work
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Candidate Images
Official As sculpted and projected by candidate’s campaign
Unofficial As perceived by public As massaged and reinterpreted by supporters
As manipulated and projected by opponents
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Why Is Image Important?
Isn’t politics about issues and interests?
Why should image matter?
US Politics Candidate centeredPresidential politics, in particular, about personae, trust
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The Official McCain: The Hero
PatriotismFlagsServiceCharacterHeroism
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The Official McCain
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The Unofficial McCain: Cranky Old Man
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The Official Hillary: Stateswoman
OptimisticConcernedExperienced
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The Unofficial Hillary: Scary
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The Unofficial Hillary: Demonic
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The Unofficial Hillary: The Ball Buster
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The Unofficial Hillary: Usurper of Male Power
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The Official Obama: The Conciliator
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The Official Obama
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The Unofficial Obama: The Superhero
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The Unofficial Obama: Racist Parodies
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The Official Palin: Patriotic Professional
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The Official Palin: Hockey Mom?The grown-up girl next door
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The Unofficial Palin: The Bimbo
Too Hot to Govern?
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The Evils of Photoshop
Does it make a difference? Affect or reflect what we think of
her?