Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Publication Title
Quarterly Journal of Speech
First Page
178
Last Page
202
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00335630.2012.663499
Abstract
The mainstream press frequently characterized the election of President Barack Obama the first African American US President as the realization of Martin Luther King's dream, thus crafting a postracial narrative of national transcendence. I argue that this routine characterization of Obama's election functions as a site for the production of selective amnesia, a form of remembrance that routinely negates and silences those who would contest hegemonic narratives of national progress and unity.
Rights
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Quarterly Journal of Speech on 04-24-2012, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00335630.2012.663499.
Recommended Citation
Hoerl, Kristen, "Selective Amnesia and Racial Transcendence in News Coverage of President Obama’s Inauguration" (2012). Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication. 88.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/ccom_papers/88
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