The Prettier Doll

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