Obama and the Paradigm Shift : Measuring Change.

Hauptbeschreibung This book asks if Barack Obama's election as the 44th President of the United States represented a paradigmatic shift in the political and cultural tides. It works to move beyond a renewed acknowledgement of the extraordinary symbolic value of a black man having become preside...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Christ, Birte
Otros Autores: Olson, Greta
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2012.
Colección:American Studies - A Monograph Series - Band 225.
Temas:
Obama, Barack > Influence.
Obama, Barack
Since 2000
Political culture > United States > History > 21st century.
Political culture > Germany > History > 21st century.
Political leadership > United States > History > 21st century.
Race > Political aspects > United States > History > 21st century.
Race > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political culture
Political leadership
Politics and government
Race > Political aspects
United States > Politics and government > 2009-
Germany
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Contents; Greta Olson
  • Introduction: What Has the Obama Presidency Changed?; Thomas C. Holt
  • Reflections on the Problem of Race in the Age of Obama; M. Michaela Hampf
  • The Right to Bare Arms: Reading Michelle Obama's Public Image; Gabriele Dietze
  • Barack Obama's "Identity Performance" and the Intersection of Race and Gender during the Nomination Battle against Hillary Clinton; Greta Olson
  • Weighing In on Obama: Connections between Embodiment, Class, and Masculinity in the United States and Germany.
  • Andreas Falke
  • Obama and Paradigm Change? No Way to Escape the Political DivideBirte Christ
  • Michelle Obama, the Good American and Icon of Global Power Femininity; Helend Bond
  • Shattering Ceilings Worldwide; Michael Butter
  • The Birthers' New World Order: Conspiracy Theories about Barack Obama; Jörn Ahrens
  • Images of the Political: Obama and Post-Democracy; Sabine Sielke
  • The Poetics of Presidency and the Promises of Change: Reading Barack Obama; Allyson Hobbs
  • Conclusion: A Paradigm Shift in Fits and Starts; List of Contributors.

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