For those interested in what linguistic anthropology can tell us about Trump and Trumpism, SLA digital media recommends:
On Trump himself:
Janet McIntosh and Norma Mendoza Denton’s excellent edited volume Language in the Trump Era https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/language-in-the-trump-era/DD75FE0F40DE2156DFAEC7E36F6F82CE
Kira Hall, Donna Goldstein and Matthew Ingram’s fantastic The Hands of Donald Trump https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.14318/hau6.2.009
On Digital Media and Political Reaction
James’ Slotta’s great The Signs of Donald Trump: Signs of Circulation in a Time of Bubbles https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jola.12228
Dillon Ludemann’s brand new work Creatures of Kek: Affordance and Enregistermet with Kek on 4chan’s /pol boardhttps://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jola.12443
On White Supremacy:
Krystal Smalls, Arthur Spears, and Jonathan Rosa’s fantastic special issue on Language and White Supremacy https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jola.12329
On Sexism and Reactionary Gender:
Maureen Kosse’s incredible Ted Cruz Cucks Again https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.1558/genl.21079
Cat Tebaldi on Tradwives https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jola.12418?af=R
On the Limits of Bidenism
Jen Delfino’s awesome White Allies and The Semiotics of Wokeness https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jola.12310
Kate Arnold-Murray’s excellent work on liberal political mediocrity Settle for Biden https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-in-society/article/settle-for-biden-the-scalar-production-of-a-normative-presidential-candidate-on-instagram/DFBE3526224A5FCEEE9F300E1614A8DA
Happy reading. If you have more suggestions or are working on this, let us know!