Righting the American dream

• Verfasst von: Winston, Diane H. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Righting the American dream
• Titelzusatz: how the media mainstreamed Reagan's evangelical vision
• Verf.angabe: Diane Winston
• Verlagsort: Chicago ; London
• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: [2023]
• Umfang: 258 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 24 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-226-82452-9
• ISBN: 0-226-82452-7
• Schlagwörter: (p)Reagan, Ronald / (s)Religiöse Überzeugung / (s)Politik / (g)USA
• Sprache: eng
• Notation: KG Plg
• Sach-SW: Mass media - Political aspects
• Sach-SW: Mass media - Religious aspects
• Sach-SW: Politics and government - Press coverage
• Sach-SW: Religion and politics
• Sach-SW: History
• Geograph. SW: United States
• Zeit-SW: 1900-1999
• K10plus-PPN: 1860318037

Abstract

"In Righting the American Dream, Diane Winston delivers a fresh and provocative analysis of the American news media's significant role in the Reagan Revolution. By focusing on four key news stories from 1983-Reagan's "evil empire" speech, the AIDS outbreak, the invasion of Grenada, and the plight of America's poor-Winston reveals how these stories mainstreamed conservative religious and political values. Ronald Reagan's policies, informed by his Christian beliefs, overturned the social, political, and economic consensus that had been dominant since FDR. By carefully deploying evangelical ideas about individual responsibility, capitalism, and limited government in speeches and interviews, Reagan turned America to the right and initiated a social and political revolution, the effects of which are still being felt today. Righting the American Dream tells this story in vivid and compelling detail"--