Douglas MacArthur as frontier hero: converting frontiers in MacArthur's farewell to Congress

• Perry, Samuel P. ^[1]
  1. [1] Baylor University

     Baylor University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 77, nº 4, 2012, págs. 263-286
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This analysis focuses on Douglas MacArthur's Farewell Speech in terms of MacArthur's rhetorical positioning as a frontier hero. By reading the speech through the lens of the Frontier Myth, a better understanding of the conflict represented in the speech can be gained. I argue that the frontier in the speech is rhetorically converted from material spaces into an ideological frontier, where MacArthur's position as frontier hero undermines the Cold War policy of containment.