{"product_id":"invoking-the-fathers-9781421449739","title":"Invoking the Fathers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy is the metaphor of the Founding Fathers so insidiousand how does it impact American politics?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican politicians routinely invoke the metaphor of the Founding Fathers when referring to the men who supposedly set the United States on a path to greatness. On average, the term Founding Fathers is uttered by a congressional member every single day that Congress is in session. Why is this metaphor repeated constantlyand what effect does it have on policy? In \u003ci\u003eInvoking the Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e, communication scholar Sarah Kornfield links this rhetorical strategy to the rise of patriarchal white supremacy and Christian nationalism in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the House and the Senate as the objects of her study, Kornfield traces the trope of fatherhood across congressional discourse and theorizes a rhetoric of sovereignty in which the founders'' most obvious heirswhite Christian meninherit America and its governance. Congressional politicians use this metaphor in four ways\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408152699223,"sku":"9781421449739","price":45.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421449739.jpg?v=1730501783","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/invoking-the-fathers-9781421449739","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}