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Balancing the Scale of Rationality: The Public Memory of the Boston Tea Party and the Transformation of Dissent
dc.contributor.advisor | Tell, Dave | |
dc.contributor.author | Neville-Shepard, Meredith Diane | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-03T02:27:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-03T02:27:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-06-10 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6975 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study examines the public memory of the Boston Tea Party as it has been appropriated for political purposes throughout history. First, I examine the Boston Tea Party to show that the rhetoric surrounding this protest created a tradition of American dissent in which dissenters created a balance between the rational and the irrational. Next, I analyze how woman suffragists participated in the centennial celebration of the Boston Tea Party in 1873 by planning protests that evoked the message of the Boston Tea Party. I illustrate that the rhetoric relevant to these events carried on the tradition of dissent established one hundred years earlier as these women balanced assertions of irrationality with rational argument. Finally, I analyze the Modern Tea Party Movement and conclude that their movement has been overwhelmed by irrationality. Thus, they have transfigured the tradition of Tea Party dissent in America. | |
dc.format.extent | 128 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Communication | |
dc.subject | Boston tea party | |
dc.subject | Dissent | |
dc.subject | Protest | |
dc.subject | Public memory | |
dc.subject | Rhetoric | |
dc.subject | Woman's suffrage | |
dc.title | Balancing the Scale of Rationality: The Public Memory of the Boston Tea Party and the Transformation of Dissent | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Rowland, Robert C. | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Innocenti, Beth | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Communication Studies | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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