The twilight of social conservatism : American culture wars in the Obama era

The twilight of social conservatism : American culture wars in the Obama era / John Dombrink.

Despite many Americans' triumphant proclamations that Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 elections signified a post-partisan, post-racial society, it seems that the United States is more divided than ever. From the rise of the Tea Party, to strident anti-immigration and anti-welfare movements, t...

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Main Author: Dombrink, John (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Social values > United States.
Culture conflict > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
Politics and culture > United States.
Christianity and culture > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Christianity and culture
Conservatism
Culture conflict
Politics and culture
Politics and government
Social values
United States > Politics and government.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Liberalization and backlash in the Obama era
  • Anger and resentment anew : Tea parties and the Obama backlash
  • Marriage equality : America and the new normal
  • After Falwell : shifts and continuities in the culture war and the role of religion in America
  • Vota tus valores? : the culture war in a diversifying America
  • Campaign 2012 : of plutocrats, rape, and the ascendant majority?
  • Whither the culture war? : the unwedging of old frames.

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