anti-Japanese rhetoric

[phil eubanks]

The demonizing of Japan figures prominently in my study of the metaphor Trade
Is War (A War of Words in the Discourse of Trade: The Rhetorical
Constitution of
Metaphor, SIU Press, 2000).

Phil Eubanks
Northern Illinois University


At 12:41 PM 06/29/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>(Sorry for cross-postings)
>
>Hi Folks:
>
>Anybody know of research on the rhetoric constructing Japan as our chief
>trade rival (particularly, though not exclusively, during the early eighties
>when discussion of "trade deficits" hit their peak)?
>
>Thanks for any help,
>Christian Nelson
>
>Dr. Christian K. Nelson
>Department of Communication
>University of Massachusetts-Amherst
>Amherst, MA 01003
>413/545-6345 (phone)
>413/545-6399 (fax)
>cnelson at comm.umass.edu
>

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