Scrutinizes spectacular rhetoric, the use of visual images and imagery to construct certain bodies, populations, and nations as victims and incorporate them int

Democracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and institutions of the United S

Democracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and institutions of the United S

Examines lynching, capital punishment, and torture to investigate how rhetoric and violence work together to sustain inhospitable spaces and create challenges f

The twenty-first century is characterized by the global circulation of cultures, norms, representations, discourses, and human rights claims; the arising confli