TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sánchez,Beatriz
TI  - The presidential candidates are in love: Performativity of the love for France in declarations of presidential candidacy
PY  - 2018///.
							
N1  - 22
N2  - This article is based on a reflection on political discourse in France and asks the following question: to what extent can expressing one’s love for the nation in a declaration of candidacy for the presidential elections be considered a performative act? The analysis focuses on the performativity of political statements and on the declarant “I,” the actor of the declaration. Well-known and expected, the declaration of candidacy has become a prerequisite in the republican ritual, and is testament to the importance of asserting oneself before the people. In such a context, the declaration can be regarded as a performance of love, and no longer solely as the presentation of a political program
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-communication-et-langages-2018-3-page-3?lang=en
ER  -