The Rhetoric of the New Political Documentary

Contents

Contents 1. New Political Documentary: Rhetoric, Propaganda, and the Civic Prospect Thomas W. Benson and Brian J. Snee 1 2. Virtual Realism and the Limits of Commodified Dissent in Fahrenheit 9/11 Shawn J. Parry-Giles and Trevor Parry-Giles 24 3. Documentary Dialectics or Dogmatism? Fahrenhype 9/11, Celsius 41.11, and the New Politics of Documentary Film Jennifer L. Borda 54 4. Vietnam Flashbacks: Dueling Memories of Dissent in the 2004 Presidential Election Roger Stahl 78 5. Theology, Politics, and the Evangelical Base: George W. Bush: Faith in the White House Martin J. Medhurst 105 6. Mimesis and Miscarriage in Unprecedented Robert E. Terrill 131 7. Talking Heads Rock the House: Robert Greenwald’s Uncovered: The War on Iraq Susan Mackey-Kallis 153 8. Outfoxing the Myth of the Liberal Media Ronald V. Bettig and Jeanne Lynn Hall 173 Selected Bibliography 205 Contributors 215 Index 217 ...