This Is not a President by Diane Rubenstein - 9780814776032

This Is not a PresidentSense, Nonsense, and the American Political Imaginary\nAuthor(s): Diane Rubenstein\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814776032, 978-0814776032\nSynopsis\nRead The Chronicle of Higher Ed Author Interview\n In This Is Not a President, Diane Rubenstein looks at the postmodern presidency from Reagan and George H. W. Bush, through the current administration, and including Hillary. Focusing on those seemingly inexplicable gaps or blind spots in recent American presidential politics, Rubenstein interrogates symptomatic moments in political rhetoric, popular culture, and presidential behavior to elucidate profound and disturbing changes in the American presidency and the way it embodies a national imaginary.\n In a series of essays written in real time over the past four presidential administrations, Rubenstein traces the vernacular use of the American presidency (as currency, as g.