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How Dreaming Displaces Duty : = Individualism, the American Dream, and Perceptions of Houseless Individuals.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	How Dreaming Displaces Duty :/
Reminder of title:	Individualism, the American Dream, and Perceptions of Houseless Individuals.
Author:	Hulse, Rebecca.
Description:	1 online resource (118 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-05.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International56-05(E).
Subject:	Communication. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9781369869118

How Dreaming Displaces Duty : = Individualism, the American Dream, and Perceptions of Houseless Individuals.
Hulse, Rebecca.

How Dreaming Displaces Duty :Individualism, the American Dream, and Perceptions of Houseless Individuals. - 1 online resource (118 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-05.

Thesis (M.A.)

Includes bibliographical references

This thesis project analyses the rhetoric of the American Dream myth as it appears within discussions about houseless populations. The American Dream myth has been shown to promote individualistic values, though it has never been studied as a tool for citizens to deliberate houselessness United States. Data for this study was obtained in Fort Collins, Colorado from Facebook comments on articles posted by a local news outlet. The Coloradoan published articles from 2014 to 2016 regarding the community's attitudes about a local park where many houseless individuals congregated. In these comments, three analyses themes became apparent: agency and voice of those debating, representations of those residing in the park, and a rhetoric of blame within the discussion. The resulting analysis indicated that the citizens of Fort Collins wielded the American Dream myth in ways that promoted individualistic culture. These arguments silenced those impacted by houselessness, framed the houseless people as inhuman, and blamed them for their life's circumstances. The research project aims to enlighten rhetorical and intercultural scholarship to the immense influence of the national myths and individualistic culture. It also argues the importance of social awareness of intersectional socioeconomic inequalities within the United States.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781369869118Subjects--Topical Terms:

556422
Communication.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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