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The Obama effect : multidisciplinary renderings of the 2008 campaign / edited by Heather E. Harris, Kimberly R. Moffitt, Catherine R. Squires.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obama, Barack--Influence.
- Obama, Barack.
- Political campaigns--United States.
- Political campaigns.
- Presidents--United States--Election--2008.
- Presidents.
- Race relations in mass media.
- United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 pages)
- Edition:
- 1版.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Timely, multidisciplinary analysis of Obama's presidential campaign, its context, and its impact.
- Contents:
- The Obama Effect: Multidisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Campaign
- The Obama Effect: Multidisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Campaign
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Section I: Rhetoric
- White Males Lose Presidency for First Time: Exposing the Power of Whiteness through Obama's Victory
- Hermeneutical Rhetoric and Progressive Change: Barack Obama's American Exceptionalism
- Ghosts and Gaps: A Rhetorical Examination of Temporality and Spatial Metaphors in Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union"
- Section II: New Media
- Media Politics 2.0: An Obama Effect
- The Webbed Message: Re-Visioning the American Dream
- The Resonant Message and the Powerful New Media: An Analysis of the Obama Presidential Campaign
- Beyond the Candidate: Obama, YouTube, and (My) Asian-ness
- Section III: Identities
- Post-Soul President: Dreams from My Father and the Post-Soul Aesthetic
- "Let Us Not Falter Before Our Complexity": Barack Obama and the Legacy of Ralph Ellison
- The Obama Effect on American Discourse about Racial Identity: Dreams from My Father (and Mother), Barack Obama's Search for Self
- Our First Unisex President? Obama, Critical Race Theory, and Masculinities Studies
- Section IV: Publics
- Oprah and Obama: Theorizing Celebrity Endorsement in U.S. Politics
- The Obama Mass: Barack Obama, Image, and Fear of the Crowd
- Mothers Out to Change U.S. Politics: Obama Mamas Involved and Engaged
- Section V: Representations
- For the Love of Obama: Race, Nation, and the Politics of Relation
- Framing a First Lady: Media Coverage of Michelle Obama's Role in the 2008 Presidential Election
- The Feminist (?) Hero versus the BlackMessiah: Contesting Gender and Race in the 2008 Democratic Primary
- Epilogue
- List of Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438436616
- 1438436610
- 9781441678652
- 1441678654
- OCLC:
- 793202793
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