Current English Studies
Online ISSN : 2187-0039
Print ISSN : 2186-1420
ISSN-L : 2187-0039
バラク・オバマはいかにしてアメリカ国民を説得したのか
―2008年米国大統領候補者指名争いにおける演説を中心とした考察―
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2009 Volume 2009 Issue 48 Pages 53-67

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This article offers an analysis of Barack Obama's speeches in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Primary Campaign. Focusing on his speeches in the early stage of his campaign, I attempt to describe how Obama managed to attract so many Americans across boundaries of age, gender, and race. A closer look at Obama's speeches will reveal certain common characteristics, which I will summarize under three thematic headings: "politics by the people," "personalized campaign," and "from division to unity." In the article, I reach the conclusion that Obama's rhetoric allows him to avoid a "discourse of divisions," and instead allows him to talk about cultural differences in a more engaging manner.
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