Olena Leipnik is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sam Houston State University, USA.

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• Preface "The toughest guy in the office"The tough guy theme in politicsMasculine politics and the origin of the tough Theodore Roosevelt: the becoming of the frontier and the arrival of the heroPerformative frontier: staging the mythThe enduring contradiction of mythThe land and the manThe man and the townersThe girl: gendered opposition Ronald Reagan: extension of the frontier and inversion of the heroMyth gains primacy The exhauster of myth Donald Trump: recovered meanings of the frontier and resurgence of the heroBack to the beginning New scapes: cowboy goes metropolitan Myth continued Vladimir Putin: "stolen" meanings of the frontier and a supplementing hero Here comes the villain"Is he one of us?" Concluding thoughts

Olena Leipnik is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sam Houston State University, USA.

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• Preface "The toughest guy in the office"The tough guy theme in politicsMasculine politics and the origin of the tough Theodore Roosevelt: the becoming of the frontier and the arrival of the heroPerformative frontier: staging the mythThe enduring contradiction of mythThe land and the manThe man and the townersThe girl: gendered opposition Ronald Reagan: extension of the frontier and inversion of the heroMyth gains primacy The exhauster of myth Donald Trump: recovered meanings of the frontier and resurgence of the heroBack to the beginning New scapes: cowboy goes metropolitan Myth continued Vladimir Putin: "stolen" meanings of the frontier and a supplementing hero Here comes the villain"Is he one of us?" Concluding thoughts

Olena Leipnik is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sam Houston State University, USA.

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• Preface "The toughest guy in the office"The tough guy theme in politicsMasculine politics and the origin of the tough Theodore Roosevelt: the becoming of the frontier and the arrival of the heroPerformative frontier: staging the mythThe enduring contradiction of mythThe land and the manThe man and the townersThe girl: gendered opposition Ronald Reagan: extension of the frontier and inversion of the heroMyth gains primacy The exhauster of myth Donald Trump: recovered meanings of the frontier and resurgence of the heroBack to the beginning New scapes: cowboy goes metropolitan Myth continued Vladimir Putin: "stolen" meanings of the frontier and a supplementing hero Here comes the villain"Is he one of us?" Concluding thoughts