Descendence, Ascendence, Transcendence: Critiquing Popular Films

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A version of this paper was presented at the 2005 Southern States Communication Association convention, Baton Rouge, LA.

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I have struggled with tense throughout this piece, for Janice is still so present for me.

Edward Kennedy's eulogy is available at http://www.jfklibrary.org/e060868.htm: “Tribute to Senator Robert F. Kennedy,” St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, June 8, 1968.

Given her study of the western myth, I think she would have liked this metaphor.

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Kathleen J. Turner

A rhetorical analyst focusing on communication as a process of social influence, particularly in the contexts of media, popular culture, politics, and women's issues, her works include Lyndon Johnsonś Dual War: Vietnam and the Press and the edited Doing Rhetorical History: Contexts and Cases.