TY - BOOK AU - Mast,Jason L. TI - The Performative Presidency: Crisis and Resurrection during the Clinton Years T2 - Cambridge Cultural Social Studies SN - 9781139845106 AV - E885 .M38 2012 U1 - 306.2 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Clinton, Bill, -- 1946- KW - Clinton, Bill, -- 1946- -- Public opinion KW - Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century KW - Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century KW - Mass media and public opinion -- United States -- History -- 20th century KW - Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century KW - Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- The Performative Presidency -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- The cultural pragmatics of the Clinton years -- 2 Presidential leadership under the conditions of defusion -- The rise of the conditions of defusion and performative politics -- 3 Character formation: the rise of two Bill Clintons, 1992 -- Political campaigns as plot development -- Fusing narrative and candidate, part 1: the rise of "Slick Willie -- Fusing narrative and candidate, part 2: the rise of a presidential Clinton -- 4 The profanation of a president, 1992-1994: presidential character, the "climate of suspicion," and the culture of scandal -- The symbolic intermingling of character, scandal, and policy -- Clinton's character as a contested sign: populist or liberal elitist? -- The expansion of a counter-democratic framework: the budget, health care, and the Hill -- Symbolic pollution and the weakening of the presidential power -- 5 The conservative revolution as purification and its subsequent pollution: the rise and fall of Newt Gingrich, and the fall and rise of Bill Clinton -- Unsettling the political center: the rise of Newt Gingrich -- Character formation and access to the means of symbolic distribution: the Contract with America and the first 100 days of the Gingrich Congress -- Defining the other by exploiting defusion: Gingrich Republicans attack the Clintons -- Darkside of the mise-en-scène: Gingrich's meanness problem walks and talks -- Defusion as eroding legitimation: Clinton narrated as a one-term president -- The president as culture structure: character and role -- An infelicitous performative -- From defusion to fusion: from a hissing sound to a bomb blast -- 6 Birth of a symbolic inversion: Clinton (re-)fuses with the presidential character -- Performing events; Return of the culture of scandal -- Showdown and the crystallization of Clinton's performative power -- (Re-)fused and re-elected: a prelude to Monicagate -- 7 The second term: the Republicans' polluting scandal and Clinton's successful performance -- Towards ritualization: Monicagate's first phase -- Dramatic erosion: Monicagate's middle phase -- Failed ritual: Monicagate's third and final phase -- 8 Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- References -- Index N2 - A cultural analysis of 1990s politics in the US, detailing the rise of performance oriented politics during Clinton's presidency UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/buse-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1057529 ER -