Three Tropes on Trump: A Textbook on Applied Marxism, Semiotics, and Psychoanalysis

by Arthur Asa Berger

Overview

Three Tropes on Trump: A Textbook on Applied Marxism, Semiotics, and Psychoanalysis uses the term "trope" in an unusual way—not as an expression in a figurative sense but as a form or method of analysis. This book uses Marxist theory, semiotic theory, and psychoanalytic theory in an attempt to understand what we might call the Trump phenomenon and the Trump style. Each chapter features a primer on its methodology, and it applies concepts from these theories to Trump’s candidacy and presidency, covering everything from his hair style, his use of spectacle, his use of insults, his comedic aspects, his personality, and his many psychological problems to help make sense of Trump and his relationship to his base and to the American public.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433170317
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	11/29/2019
Edition description:	New
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Arthur Asa Berger is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University. He has published more than 100 articles and more than 70 books on popular culture, media, semiotics, and tourism. His books have been translated into nine languages.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables – Preface – Acknowledgments – Karl Marx and "The Donald" – Semiotic/Discourse Analysis – Psychoanalytic Approaches: Trump’s Psyche – Coda – How I Wrote This Book – About the Author – Index.