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The oral presidency of Barack Obama / Anthony Neal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neal, Anthony W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obama, Barack--Oratory.
- Obama, Barack.
- Obama, Barack--Language.
- Obama, Barack--Philosophy.
- Race relations.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- Discourse analysis--Political aspects.
- Discourse analysis.
- Communication in politics.
- History.
- Philosophy.
- Oratory.
- United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Communication in politics--United States--History--21st century.
- Discourse analysis--Political aspects--United States.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
- Rhetoric.
- United States--Race relations--21st century.
- African American politicians.
- Language and languages.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 187 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
- Summary:
- This book offers an examination of the signature weapon of Barack Obama's presidency: his speeches. It provides an in-depth, analytical look at the words of Barack Obama through the social and cultural contexts that made the content of his speeches timeless. The book draws on the oral tradition of the Black church in order to help explain aspects of the president's speaking style and to establish a direct link between the president's words and actions.
- Contents:
- Conceptual framework
- A clear and present black man
- We are the ones: the 2008 Obama coalition
- "Inevitable compromise": domestic policy part I
- Domestic policy part I: inevitable compromise
- A connotation of peace: Obama's first term foreign policy
- History strikes twice: the 2012 reelection of President Barack Obama
- The audacity to govern: domestic policy part II
- The art of just war: Obama's second term foreign policy
- The anti-Obama political complex
- The passion of President Obama: last comments, remarks, and speeches
- Epilogue as prologue: assessing the skinny kid with a funny name
- Appendix: the twelve most significant speeches of Barack Obama.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Neal, Anthony W. Oral presidency of Barack Obama.
- ISBN:
- 9781498556057
- 1498556051
- OCLC:
- 1019835284
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