00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000004506 20200508202738 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 0415936322 010-0520004506 eng 320.5 320.5/FLO/P Christopher G. Flood Political Myth New York Senayan Abadi Publishing 2006 xi, 269p.;23 cm 23 cm In this comprehensive introduction Christopher Flood identifies the nature of political myths, the cultural forms in which they appear, and the social functions they serve. He shows how political myth is akin to religious myth yet distinct from it and argues that political myth is best understood as ideology cast in the form of a story. In this way flood is able to examine not only the content of political myths but also how that content is conveyed. He then draws on theories from the fields of art critism, literary critism, and communication to illuminate the nonverbal, visual dimensions of political myth. politik