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Woman president : confronting postfeminist political culture /
What elements of American political and rhetorical culture block the imagining - and thus, the electing - of a woman as president? Examining both major-party and third-party campaigns by women, including the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, the authors identify the factors that lim...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Presidential rhetoric and political communication ;
no. 22. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What elements of American political and rhetorical culture block the imagining - and thus, the electing - of a woman as president? Examining both major-party and third-party campaigns by women, including the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, the authors identify the factors that limit electoral possibilities for women. Pundits have been predicting women's political ascendancy for years. And yet, although the 2008 presidential campaign featured Hillary Clinton as an early frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination and Sarah Palin as the first female Republican vice-presidential nominee, no woman has yet held either of the top two offices. The reasons for this are complex and varied, but the authors assert that the question certainly encompasses more than the shortcomings of women candidates or the demands of the particular political moment. Instead, the authors identify a pernicious backlash against women presidential candidates--one that is expressed in both political and popular culture. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-229) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461937920 1461937922 1623490103 9781623490102 1299780938 9781299780934 |