Crashing the Tea Party : mass media and the campaign to remake American politics / Paul Street and Anthony DiMaggio.

Author/creator Street, Paul Louis
Other author Dimaggio, Anthony R., 1980-
Format Book
Publication InfoBoulder, CO : Paradign Publishers, ©2011.
Descriptionx, 239 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Making Tea from the top down -- The Tea Party does not exist: reflections on a not-so-new "movement" and the deeply conservative essence of U.S. political culture -- "Turning the world upside down": from the original Tea Party to the current masquerade -- Tea Party "super Republicans": who they are, what they believe -- Tea Party racism -- Return of "the paranoid style in American politics": authoritarianism and hyperignorance in Tea Party nation -- Astroturf to the core: reflections on a mass-mediated "movement" -- Elections 2010: the Democrats' midterm disaster, the Tea Party, and the challenge to progressives -- Prospects for a progressive revival.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-227) and index.
LCCN 2011009209
ISBN9781594519451 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1594519455 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781594519444 (alk. paper)
ISBN1594519447 (alk. paper)

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks JK2391.T43 S77 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold