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The Perfect Storm: A Systemic Analysis of the Apologetic Rhetoric of Hurricane Katrina
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Abate, Brianna Lynne
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2008, Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Communication.
Abstract
This thesis analyzes the rhetoric of President George W. Bush, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Using the rhetorical methodology of apologia, six specific artifacts of federal, state, and city/local governments are examined. Analysis suggests implications for the three levels of government, the study of apologia, as well as future study of natural disaster rhetoric.
Committee
Ben Voth, PhD (Committee Chair)
James Cherney, PhD (Committee Member)
Kasie Roberson, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
119 p.
Subject Headings
Communication
;
Rhetoric
Keywords
Hurricane Katrina
;
apologia
;
rhetoric
;
George W. Bush
;
Kathleen Blanco
;
Ray Nagin
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Abate, B. L. (2008).
The Perfect Storm: A Systemic Analysis of the Apologetic Rhetoric of Hurricane Katrina
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1218494380
APA Style (7th edition)
Abate, Brianna.
The Perfect Storm: A Systemic Analysis of the Apologetic Rhetoric of Hurricane Katrina.
2008. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1218494380.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Abate, Brianna. "The Perfect Storm: A Systemic Analysis of the Apologetic Rhetoric of Hurricane Katrina." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1218494380
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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