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03506aam a2200409 i 4500 001 164EB89A2FC611E7A3652FCCDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170503010126 008 160825s2017 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016037113 020 $a 0199982953 020 $a 9780199982950 020 $a 0199982961 020 $a 9780199982967 035 $a (OCoLC)963913939 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d KNM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a BJ1533 C8 P43 2017 100 1 $a Peabody, Bruce Garen, $d 1969- $e author. 245 10 $a Where have all the heroes gone? : $b the changing nature of American valor / $c Bruce Peabody and Krista Jenkins. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a 248 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Exploring popular and elite understandings of heroism -- Political rhetoric and heroism -- Media discourse and the evolving hero frame -- Public opinion and heroism -- People's views about heroism. 520 $a From the men and women associated with the American Revolution and Civil War to the seminal figures in the struggles for civil and women's rights, Americans have been fascinated with and drawn to icons of great achievement, or at least reputation. But who spins today's narratives about American heroism, and to what ends? In a nation so wracked with division, is there any contemporary consensus about the enduring importance of our heroes or what traits they embody? Can heroes survive in our environment of 24/7 media coverage and cynicism about the motives of those who enter the public domain? In Where Have All the Heroes Gone?, Bruce G. Peabody and Krista Jenkins draw on the concept of the American hero to address these questions and to show an important gap between the views of political and media elites and the attitudes of the mass public. The authors contend that important changes over the past half century, including the increasing scope and power of new media and people's deepening political distrust, have drawn both politicians and producers of media content to the hero meme. However, popular reaction to this turn to heroism has been largely skeptical. As a result, the conversations and judgments of ordinary Americans, government officials, and media elites are often deeply divergent and even directly opposed. Exploring and being able to show these dynamics is important not just for understanding what U.S. heroism means today, but also in helping to wrestle with stubborn and distinctively American problems. Investigating the story of American heroes over the past five decades provides a narrative that can teach us about such issues as political socialization, institutional trust, and political communication. 650 0 $a Courage $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Courage $x Public opinion $z United States. 650 0 $a Heroes $z United States. 650 0 $a National characteristics, American. 650 0 $a Public opinion $z United States. 700 1 $a Jenkins, Krista, $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Peabody, Bruce Garen, 1969- author. $t Where have all the heroes gone? $d New York, NY : Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford, [2017] $z 9780199982974 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170907010555.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=164EB89A2FC611E7A3652FCCDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search