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Talking American : cultural discourses on Donahue

Title
Talking American : cultural discourses on Donahue / Donal Carbaugh.
Author
Carbaugh, Donal A.
Publication
Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub. Corp., ©1988.

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Description
xvi, 206 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Communication and information science
Uniform Title
Communication and information science
Subject
  • Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
  • Donahue (Television program)
  • Donahue
  • Oral communication > United States
  • Conversation
  • Popular culture > United States
  • Oral communication
  • Popular culture
  • Fernsehsendung
  • Gespräch
  • Kulturelle Identität
  • Unterhaltungssendung
  • United States
  • USA
Note
  • Based on the author's doctoral dissertation, University of Washington.
  • Includes indexes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 189-199.
Contents
"Donahue" : a cultural approach to the "talk" of a "show" -- Discourse on personhood. "The individual" : a political code of respect -- The "right to choose" : straddling political and personal codes of personhood -- "Self" : a personal code -- "Traditional social roles" : a polemical code --Cultural symbols of personhood and understanding cultured persons -- Discourse about speaking. "Donahue" as national self-help : problems and "being honest" -- "Sharing" : expressing support and unity of purpose -- "Communication" : a ritual celebration -- American categories about speaking and other cultural patterns -- Cultural discourses and communication inquiry.
ISBN
  • 0893914924
  • 9780893914929
  • 0893914770
  • 9780893914776
LCCN
88010455
OCLC
  • ocm17767088
  • 17767088
  • SCSB-1747232
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library