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Righting the American dream : how the media mainstreamed Reagan's evangelical vision /

In Righting the American Dream, Diane Winston delivers a fresh and provocative analysis of the American news media's significant role in the Reagan Revolution. By focusing on four key news stories from 1983, Reagan's "evil empire" speech, the AIDS outbreak, the invasion of Grenad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winston, Diane H., 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2023].
Subjects:
Reagan, Ronald.
Mass media > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Mass media > United States > Religious aspects > History > 20th century.
Religion and politics > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1981-1989 > Press coverage.
Table of Contents:
  • Context: media, politics, and religion. Faith in the media ; 1973: The body politic and the religious body ; An American religious imaginary
  • Reporting Reagan's imaginary ; Evil empires: communism and AIDS ; The "New Patriotism": The mission in Grenada ; Scrooged: moralizing welfare and racializing poverty
  • Epilogue.