Rhetoric, politics, and Hamilton : an American musical /

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Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. Hamilton as Cultural and Rhetorical Phenomenon / Sara A. Mehltretter Drury, Jeffrey P. Mehltretter Drury, and Henry Egan -- Hamilton and Public Memory. The I/Eye of History: Performing Public Memory, Utopia, and Critical Nostalgia in Hamilton / Jade C. Huell & Lindsay A. Jenkins -- Hamilton and the Entelechy of the American Dream / Michaelah Reynolds & Ryan Neville-Shepard -- Exhibiting Hamilton: History, Memory, and Musical Theater / Sara A. Mehltretter Drury & James Anthony Williams Jr. -- Hamilton and Rhetoric of Social Identity. Hamilton as Cosmogonic Myth / Christopher Bell -- Hamilton and Public Memory of the Founding Era: Myth, Humanization, and Comforting Whiteness in "Post-Racial" America / John Clyde Russell -- Patriarchy and Power: A Feminist Critique of Hamilton / Emily Berg Paup -- Hamilton and Rhetoric of Democracy and Social Change. Bondage and Circulation / Brandon Inabinet -- Political Niceties and Rap in Hamilton / Jeffrey P. Mehltretter Drury -- Diverse Offerings for Understanding U.S. Politics: Analyzing the Invitational Rhetoric of Hamilton and President Barack Obama / Mark P. Orbe -- The Rhetorical Significance of Hamilton in Public Protests / Nancy J. Legge."Rhetoric, Politics, and Hamilton: An American Musical approaches Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking cultural production as a rhetorical text with implications for contemporary U.S. politics. The contributors to this volume utilize training in rhetorical criticism and performance studies to analyze the musical in relation to three broad themes: national public memory, social and cultural identity, and democracy and social change. Each chapter offers unique insights on its own accord while the volume as a whole explores multiple facets of the musical, from the theater performance and the soundtrack to the musical's circulation in public discourse and the Chicago exhibition. The diversity of topics and methods means that the volume is suitable for students of rhetoric and U.S. politics at the same time even the "HamilFans" will learn something new"--