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“Yes, We Can” and the Power of Political Slogans
Anthropology News (2019)
  • Adam Hodges
Abstract
The power of political slogans relies not simply on their intrinsic aesthetic appeal—although that is a baseline requirement for their success—but also on a slogan’s intertextual resonance with historical usages and the campaign’s own central message.
Keywords
  • Language and politics,
  • Political discourse,
  • Presidential campaigns,
  • Intertextuality,
  • Indexicality,
  • Yes we can,
  • Barack Obama,
  • Si se puede
Publication Date
October 21, 2019
DOI
10.1111/AN.1291
Publisher Statement
Copyright 2019 American Anthropological Association
Citation Information
Adam Hodges. "“Yes, We Can” and the Power of Political Slogans" Anthropology News (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/adamhodges/105/