The electrical sublime rhetoric merged contradictory American desires into a unified promise

Evidence

The passage itself indicates how Carey utilized the dialectical categories positive and negative not as antithetical terms but as signifying a unity among opposites. Thus disharmony and conflict are mere appearances that point to underlying harmonies. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 489

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the ‘rhetoric of the electrical sublime’ following Leo Marx.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 489
• XREF: connects to: Radio ownership absorbed a large share of American household spending in the 1920s — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 801; Mark Twain’s life reflects universal themes in American identity. — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 1264

Broader Connections

• Radio ownership absorbed a large share of American household spending in the 1920s #exemplifies (0.75) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 801
• Mark Twain’s life reflects universal themes in American identity. #expands (0.65) — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 1264