Rhetoric Review Apr 2013

The Flower of Cuba: Rhetoric, Representation, and Circulation at the Outbreak of the Spanish-American War

Elizabeth Lowry Arizona State University

Abstract

Did nineteenth-century newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst manipulate representations of Evangelina Cosío y Cisneros, a young Cuban woman, in order to spark the Spanish-American War? Hearst's arguments for American intervention in Cuba represented a deceptively uncomplicated public opinion, a consensus that only appeared to have been attained through rational deliberation. Situating this event in public spheres studies, this article demonstrates how the Hearst Corporation used representations of Cisneros to disrupt boundaries between political and commercial realms.

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Rhetoric Review
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2013-04-01
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10.1080/07350198.2013.766852
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