Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society Sep 2011 RSS

Not to Shy Away: Barack Obama’s Rhetoric of Friendship

Abstract

“Senator Obama was faced with a complex problem: how to explain a longstanding friendship with a suddenly infamous figure? He had to do this, moreover, within the context of the most delicate issue of his campaign: race.”

Journal
Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society
Published
2011-09-09
Topics
race and writing

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