"At this defining moment" : Barack Obama's presidential candidacy and the new politics of race

"At this defining moment" : Barack Obama's presidential candidacy and the new politics of race / Enid Logan.

In January 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States. In the weeks and months following the election, as in those that preceded it, countless social observers from across the ideological spectrum commented upon the cultural, social and political significance of "the Obam...

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Main Author: Logan, Enid Lynette
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Obama, Barack > (Barack Husein), > 1961-
2000-2099
Presidents > United States > Election > 2008.
Race > Political aspects > United States > History > 21st century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Presidents > Election
Race > Political aspects
Race relations
Politieke aspecten.
Rassenvraagstuk.
Verkiezingen.
United States > Race relations > History > 21st century.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the landscape of race in the 21st century
  • Post-race American triumphalism and the entrenchment of colorblind racial ideology
  • Rooted in the Black community but not limited to it: the perils and promises of the new politics of race
  • Contesting gender and race in the 2008 democratic primary
  • The trope of race in Obama's America
  • Asian and Latino voters in the 2008 election: the politics of color in the racial middle
  • In defense of the white nation: the modern conservative movement and the discourse of exclusionary nationalism
  • Racial politics under the first Black president.

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