In his image and likeness: the Puerto Rican jíbaro as political icon

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1. Verfasser: Nathaniel I. Córdova
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Veröffentlicht: The City University of New York 2005
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contents In his image and likeness: the Puerto Rican jíbaro as political icon Nathaniel I. Córdova Sociología jíbaros symbols Puerto Rico visual rhetoric political rhetoric This essay explores the rhetorical power of theemblem of Luis Muñoz Marín’s Partido PopularDemocratico (PPD) during the senatorial campaignof 1940. The PPD’s emblem functioned toinvoke the archetypal myth of the jíbaro, alongwith associated cultural values and correspondingideological commitments, thus gathering the rhetoricalforces the PPD needed to shape and mobilizea constituency. In so doing, the emblem rendered“visible” a jíbaro subject, transforming the sameinto a political icon and enhancing the constitutiveforce of the campaign discourse. 2005 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717210 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XVII
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spellingShingle In his image and likeness: the Puerto Rican jíbaro as political icon
Nathaniel I. Córdova
Sociología
jíbaros
symbols
Puerto Rico
visual rhetoric
political rhetoric
In his image and likeness: the Puerto Rican jíbaro as political icon Nathaniel I. Córdova Sociología jíbaros symbols Puerto Rico visual rhetoric political rhetoric This essay explores the rhetorical power of theemblem of Luis Muñoz Marín’s Partido PopularDemocratico (PPD) during the senatorial campaignof 1940. The PPD’s emblem functioned toinvoke the archetypal myth of the jíbaro, alongwith associated cultural values and correspondingideological commitments, thus gathering the rhetoricalforces the PPD needed to shape and mobilizea constituency. In so doing, the emblem rendered“visible” a jíbaro subject, transforming the sameinto a political icon and enhancing the constitutiveforce of the campaign discourse. 2005 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717210 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XVII
title In his image and likeness: the Puerto Rican jíbaro as political icon
topic Sociología
jíbaros
symbols
Puerto Rico
visual rhetoric
political rhetoric
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717210