Barack Obama and the myth of a post-racial America / edited by Mark Ledwidge, Kevern Verney and Inderjeet Parmar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ledwidge, Mark, author, editor.

Verney, Kevern, 1960- author, editor.

Parmar, Inderjeet, author, editor.

Series:

Routledge series on identity politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obama, Barack.

Post-racialism.

United States--Politics and government--2009-.

United States.

Politics and government.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

Race relations.

Post-racialism--United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 221 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"The 2008 presidential election was celebrated around the world as a seminal moment in U.S. political and racial history. White liberals and other progressives framed the election through the prism of change, while previously acknowledged demographic changes were hastily heralded as the dawn of a "post-racial" America. However, by 2011, much of the post-election idealism had dissipated in the wake of an on-going economic and financial crisis, escalating wars in Afghanistan and Libya, and the rise of the right-wing Tea Party movement.By placing Obama in the historical context of U.S. race relations, this edited book interrogates the idealized and progressive view of American society advanced by much of the mainstream literature on Obama. Barack Obama and the Myth of a Post-Racial America takes a careful look at the historical, cultural and political dimensions of race in the United States, using an interdisciplinary analysis that incorporates approaches from history, political science, and sociology. Each chapter addresses controversial issues such as whether Obama can be considered an African-American president, whether his presidency actually delivered the kind of deep-rooted changes that were initially prophesised, and whether Obama has abandoned his core African-American constituency in favour of projecting a race-neutral approach designed to maintain centrist support.Through cutting edge, critically informed, and cross-disciplinary analyses, this collection directly addresses the dimensions of race in American society through the lens of Obama's election and presidency. "-- Provided by publisher.

"By placing Obama in the historical context of U.S. race relations, this edited book interrogates the idealized and progressive view of American society advanced by much of the mainstream literature on Obama. Barack Obama and the Myth of a Post-Racial America takes a careful look at the historical, cultural and political dimensions of race in the United States, using an interdisciplinary analysis that incorporates approaches from history, political science, and sociology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : a dream deferred? / Kevern J. Verney

Barack Obama, first African American president : continuity or change / Mark Ledwidge

The Obama dilemma : confronting race in the 21st century / Carl Pedersen

Republican mavericks : the anti-Obama impulse in the 2008 election / Robert Busby

Obama in the Northeast : race and electoral politics in America's bluest region / Kevin J. McMahon

Backlash racism and the presidency of Barack Obama / Heidi Beirich and Evelyn Schlatter

Barack Obama and the future of American racial politics / Rogers M. Smith and Desmond S. King

The fnal frontier : Barack Obama and the vision of a post-racial America / Keern J. Verney

Still mariachi politics : Latinos and the Obama administration / Lisa Garcia Bedolla

You Say Obama, I say Osama, Let's call the whole thing off : race and U.S. foreign policy / Lee Marsden

The color of Obama's world : race and democracy during the Barack Obama administration / Michael L. Krenn

President Obama's establishment / Inderjeet Parmar

The im/possibility of Barack Hussain Obama / Nirmal Puwar and Sanjay Sharma

Mormonism and the 2012 presidential election / Lee Marsden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415813948

9780415813938

041581393X

9780415813945

OCLC:

829738660

Publisher Number:

99956521651