Constructing Clinton : Hyperreality & Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics

Acknowledgments ix Introduction Hyperreal Politics, Bill Clinton, and U.S. Political Culture in the 1990s 1(23) The Man from Hope: Hyperreal Intimacy and the Invention of Bill Clinton 24(28) Meta-Imaging, The War Room, and the Hyperreal Campaign 52(31) Political Nostalgia, Hyperreal History, and the 1996 Presidential Campaign 83(35) Primary Colors and the Hyperreal Authentication of Bill Clinton 118(39) Bill Clinton's Hyperreal Legacy 157(30) Afterword Postmodern Presidentiality and the Future of Image Politics 187(20) Bibliography 207(30) Index 237