| Type of Document |
Dissertation |
| Author |
Kice, Brent C.
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| Author's Email Address |
bkice@frostburg.edu |
| URN |
etd-08152008-093238 |
| Title |
From the Mountains to the Podium: The Rhetoric of Fidel Castro |
| Degree |
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) |
| Department |
Communication Studies |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Andrew King |
Committee Chair |
| Renee Edwards |
Committee Member |
| Ruth Laurion Bowman |
Committee Member |
| Stephanie Houston Grey |
Committee Member |
| David Lindenfeld |
Dean's Representative |
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| Keywords |
- dictator
- rhetorical criticism
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| Date of Defense |
2008-07-24 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This dissertation examines the rhetoric utilized by Fidel Castro that Castro used in order to maintain his tenure as the sole leader of Cuba for almost 50 years. Castro employs identification through division with an enemy, and he is able to perpetuate this division through an ongoing, dynamically perceived narrative. This narrative takes shape in the form of “the revolution,” a rhetorical construction designed to create a collective Cuban identity, which, in turn, is furthered through ideology by Castro’s elimination of competing points of views. Castro’s unique role as narrator has allowed him to adapt to events and maintain this narrative of revolution.
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