Contents
Acknowledgments 000
I. Introductory Remarks
1. Introduction: A Moment of Ordinary Democracy
Karen Tracy 000
2. Through the Looking Glass and Back: Democratic Theory, Rhetoric, and
Barbiegate
James P. McDaniel and Bruce E. Gronbeck 000
II. The Barbiegate Discourse
3. Race, Liberalism, and Barbiegate Discourse: A Dilemma-Centered Rhetorical
Analysis
Herbert W. Simons 000
4. Political Performances in Public Meetings: The Social Dramas of Barbiegate
Bruce E. Gronbeck 000
5. Darkness on the Edge of Town: On the Interfaces between Communicational
and Racial Ideologies
Darrin Hicks 000
6. Marking and Shifting Lines in the Sand: Discursive Moves of Ordinary
Democracy
Kathleen Haspel and Karen Tracy 000
7. Chairing Democracy: Psychology, Time, and Negotiating the Institution
Jonathan Potter and Alexa Hepburn 000
III. After Words
8. Understanding Ordinary Democracy: The Intersection of Discourse and
Rhetorical Analysis
Mark A. Aakhus 000
9. Amateur Hour: Knowing What to Love in Ordinary Democracy
Robert H. Hariman 000
Appendix A: Transcripts of BVSD Speeches 000
Appendix B: Newspaper and School District Documents 000
Contributors 000
Index 000
