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Reagan’s Mythical America

Storytelling as Political Leadership

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  • © 2012

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  1. Jan Hanska
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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Narrative Approach to Reagan’s Policymaking

    • Jan Hanska
    Pages 1-52

  3. Re-creating the Mythical America as a Storyverse

    • Jan Hanska
    Pages 53-74

  4. American Religion

    • Jan Hanska
    Pages 75-134

  5. Blending the Mythical and Religious into Political

    • Jan Hanska
    Pages 135-182

  6. Coda

    • Jan Hanska
    Pages 183-190

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 191-256
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About this book

This book is the first full-length study into the Reagan presidency with the tools of narratology. It expands the understudied field of research into political narratives as concrete policy tools and provides a new means of understanding the continuing popularity of Reagan as a President.

About the author

JAN HANSKA is a Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Tampere, Finland and works as an officer in the Finnish Defence Forces (Army).

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