Requiem for Liberalism: The Therapeutic and Deliberative Functions of Nostalgic Appeals in Edward Kennedy's Address to the 1980 Democratic National Convention.

Depoe, Stephen P.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Requiem for Liberalism: The Therapeutic and Deliberative Functions of Nostalgic Appeals in Edward Kennedy's Address to the 1980 Democratic National Convention.

Depoe, Stephen P.

Southern Communication Journal, v55 n2 p175-90 Win 1990

Describes the emotion of nostalgia and the strategies and functions of nostalgic rhetorical appeals in order to analyze Edward Kennedy's major policy address during the 1980 Democratic national convention. Suggests that Kennedy used nostalgic appeals to serve therapeutic and deliberative functions. (KEH)

Descriptors: Audience Response, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Liberalism, Political Campaigns, Political Candidates, Political Issues, Rhetorical Invention, Social Change, Speeches

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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