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The Bitch and the War Hero
Images of the 2008 Presidential Election
Title/Approach
Language Offensive? There’s a point to it
Tropes, Stereotypes Deeply coded images The Guerrilla Girls work
Candidate Images
Official As sculpted and projected by candidate’s campaign
Unofficial As perceived by public As massaged and reinterpreted by supporters
As manipulated and projected by opponents
Why Is Image Important?
Isn’t politics about issues and interests?
Why should image matter?
US Politics Candidate centeredPresidential politics, in particular, about personae, trust
The Official McCain: The Hero
PatriotismFlagsServiceCharacterHeroism
The Official McCain
The Unofficial McCain: Cranky Old Man
The Official Hillary: Stateswoman
OptimisticConcernedExperienced
The Unofficial Hillary: Scary
The Unofficial Hillary: Demonic
The Unofficial Hillary: The Ball Buster
The Unofficial Hillary: Usurper of Male Power
The Official Obama: The Conciliator
The Official Obama
The Unofficial Obama: The Superhero
The Unofficial Obama: Racist Parodies
The Official Palin: Patriotic Professional
The Official Palin: Hockey Mom?The grown-up girl next door
The Unofficial Palin: The Bimbo
Too Hot to Govern?
The Evils of Photoshop
Does it make a difference? Affect or reflect what we think of
her?