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Who would Jesus bomb? The Republican Jesus meme and the fracturing of ideology

Submitted by Callie Burch on Fri, 06/08/2018 - 10:33
TitleWho would Jesus bomb? The Republican Jesus meme and the fracturing of ideology
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsDuerringer, CA
JournalSocial Media + Society
Volume2
Issue1
Pagination1-12
Date PublishedJan-March
KeywordsIdeology, Jesus, meme
Abstract

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.
URLhttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2056305116637095#articleCitationDownloadContainer