The politics of proverbs : from traditional wisdom to proverbial stereotypes
Politicians from classical to modern times have deployed proverbs effectively in their rhetoric. This text considers the power of these bits of borrowed wisdom using examples such as Hitler's ""Mein Kampf"", the rhetoric of Winston Churchill and the politics of the Cold War.
Print Book, English, ©1997
University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, ©1997
Criticism, interpretation, etc
ix, 260 : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780299154509, 9780299154547, 0299154505, 0299154548
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"As if I were the master of the situation: : proverbial manipulation in Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf
"Make hell while the sun shines" : proverbial rhetoric in Winston Churchill's The Second World War
"It sure is hell to be president" : Harry S. Truman's proverbial plain English
"Raising the Iron Curtain" : proverbs and political cartoons of the Cold War
"The only good Indian is a dead Indian" : history and meaning of a proverbial stereotype
"No tickee, no washee" : subtleties of a proverbial slur