TY - BOOK ID - 80875149 TI - FDR's body politics AU - Houck, Davis W AU - Kiewe, Amos PY - 2003 SN - 158544894X 9781585448944 9781603446730 1603446737 158544233X 9781585442331 1299052681 9781299052680 PB - College Station Texas A & M University Press DB - UniCat KW - Public opinion KW - English language KW - Presidents KW - People with disabilities KW - Human body KW - Rhetoric KW - Physical fitness KW - Body, Human KW - Human beings KW - Body image KW - Human anatomy KW - Human physiology KW - Mind and body KW - Endurance, Physical KW - Fitness, Physical KW - Physical endurance KW - Physical stamina KW - Stamina, Physical KW - Exercise KW - Health KW - Physical education and training KW - Sports sciences KW - Rhetoric. KW - Social aspects KW - History KW - Political aspects KW - Roosevelt, Franklin D. KW - Ruzvelʹt, Franklin, KW - Rūzvilt, Franklin Dilānū, KW - Rūzfilt, Franklin Dilānū, KW - Lo-ssu-fu, KW - Luosifu, KW - F. D. R. KW - R., F. D. KW - FDR KW - רוזוועלט, פראנקלין ד. KW - רוזוועלט, KW - Roosevelt, F. KW - Roosevelt, F. D. KW - Public opinion. KW - Language. KW - Health. KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - Germanic languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80875149 AB - Franklin Roosevelt instinctively understood that a politician of his era who was unable to control his own body would be perceived as unable to control the body politic. He therefore took great care to hide his polioinduced lameness both visually and verbally. In FDR's Body Politics, Houck and Kiewe analyze the silences surrounding Roosevelt's disability, the words he chose to portray himself and his policies as powerful and healthgiving, and the methods he used to maximize the appearance of physical strength. ER -