Obama and Kenya : Contested Histories and the Politics of Belonging /

Part I. Obama and Kenya -- Discovering Obama in Kenya -- Representations of Kenya: myth and reality -- The Obama family: ethnicity and the politics of belonging in Kenya -- Part II. Contested histories and the politics of belonging -- The politics of condemnation: the American right's reactions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Carotenuto, Matthew (Autor, VerfasserIn.), Luongo, Katherine 1975- (Autor, VerfasserIn.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio Ohio University Press [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Obama, Barack > 1961-
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack > Family.
Geschichtsschreibung
Geschichte
Politik
Rolle
Bedeutung
Luo
Staatsoberhaupt
Internationale Politik
Politics and government.
International relations.
Group identity.
Families.
Group identity > Kenya.
USA
Kenia
United States.
Kenya.
Kenya > Relations > United States.
Kenya > Politics and government > 2002-
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
United States > Relations > Kenya.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Part I. Obama and Kenya -- Discovering Obama in Kenya -- Representations of Kenya: myth and reality -- The Obama family: ethnicity and the politics of belonging in Kenya -- Part II. Contested histories and the politics of belonging -- The politics of condemnation: the American right's reactions to Obama's roots in Kenya -- The politics of celebration: ethnic grandeur and Obama's heroic embrace -- Political violence and history at the ballot box -- Obama for Africa or Africans for Obama? -- Epilogue: Tuko Pamoja: we are together.
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages): Illustrationen, Karten.
ISBN:9780896804920

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