FDR in American memory : Roosevelt and the making of an icon /

Polak, Sara, 1981-

FDR in American memory : Roosevelt and the making of an icon / Roosevelt and the making of an icon Sara Polak. - 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"I am a juggler" : FDR's public image-making -- The collective rhetorical production of FDR, 1932-1945 -- Negotiating FDR remembrance -- The New Deal depoliticized in cultural memory -- FDR's disability in cultural memory -- Understanding FDR as a cultural icon -- Conclusion: A Rooseveltian century?

"This book analyzes Franklin D. Roosevelt's construction as a cultural icon in American memory from two perspectives. First, the author examines the historical leader who intentionally shaped his own public image. Second, she looks at portrayals and negotiations of FDR as an icon in cultural memory from the vantage point of the early twenty-first century"--


Sara Polak is an assistant professor of American studies at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Influence.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Public opinion.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Commemoration.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Commemoration.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Public opinion.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Influence.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945.


1900-1999


Press and politics--History--United States--20th century.
Presidents in motion pictures.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
People with disabilities--United States--Biography.
Public opinion--United States.
Collective memory--United States.
Présidents au cinéma.
Personnes handicapées--États-Unis--Biographies.
Opinion publique--États-Unis.
Mémoire collective--États-Unis.
Public opinion.
Press and politics.
Presidents in motion pictures.
Presidents.
Politics and government--Historiography.
People with disabilities.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Collective memory.


United States--Politics and government--Historiography.--1933-1945
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--Historiographie.--1933-1945
United States.


Electronic books.
collective biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.

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