Avoiding "the issues" as addressivity in us electoral politics

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 187-208

  Lempert, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Addressivity; Authenticity; Branding; Language; Politics; Stance; Taboo

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951900070     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: 15341518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2011.0016     Document Type: Article

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