Who Would Jesus Bomb? The Republican Jesus Meme and the Fracturing of Ideology
This project joins a growing conversation about the cultural significance of memes (and Internet memes in particular), offering a critical analysis of Republican Jesus—one popular image macro that mocks contemporary American conservatism—in order to illustrate the rhetorical potential of these putat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Social Media + Society |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305116637095 |
| Summary: | This project joins a growing conversation about the cultural significance of memes (and Internet memes in particular), offering a critical analysis of Republican Jesus—one popular image macro that mocks contemporary American conservatism—in order to illustrate the rhetorical potential of these putatively harmless do-it yourself (DIY) creations. Ultimately, I argue that Republican Jesus offers a critique of contemporary conservatism that creates “perspective by incongruity” and, thereby, creates a space for ideological struggle. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-3051 |