Race and the Obama Phenomenon : The Vision of a More Perfect Multiracial Union.
Daniel, G. Reginald.
Race and the Obama Phenomenon : The Vision of a More Perfect Multiracial Union. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (465 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword: Race Will Survive the Obama Phenomenon -- Introduction: Understanding Obama and Ourselves -- PART I: RACE, OBAMA, AND MULTIRACIALITY -- 1. Race and Multiraciality: From Barack Obama to Trayvon Martin -- 2. By Casta, Color Wheel, and Computer Graphics: Visual Representations of Racially Mixed People -- 3. Barack Obama: Embracing Multiplicity-Being a Catalyst for Change -- 4. In Pursuit of Self: The Identity of an American President and Cosmopolitanism -- PART II: OBAMA, BLACKNESS, AND THE "POST-RACIAL IDEA" -- 5. Barack Hussein Obama, or, the Name of the Father -- 6. The End(s) of Difference?: Towards an Understanding of the "Post" in "Post-Racial" -- 7. On the Impossibilities of a Post-Racist America in the Obama Era -- 8. Obama, the Instability of Color Lines, and the Promise of a Postethnic Future -- PART III: RACE, GENDER, AND THE OBAMA PHENOMENON -- 9. From Chattel to First Lady: Black Women Moving from the Margins -- 10. The "Outsider" and the Presidency: Mediated Representations of Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential Primaries -- 11. Obama's "Unisex" Campaign: Masculinities, Race, and Law -- 12. "Everything His Father Was Not": Fatherhood and Father Figures in Barack Obama's First Term -- PART IV: RACE, POLITICS, AND THE OBAMA PHENOMENON -- 13. Barack Obama's Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention: Trauma, Compromise, Consilience and the (Im)Possibility of Racial Reconciliation -- 14. Barack Obama's White Appeal and the Perverse Racial Politics of the Post-Civil Rights Era -- 15. Barack Obama's (Im)Perfect Union: An Analysis of the Strategic Successes and Failures in His Speech on Race -- Epilogue: Obama, Race, and the 2012 Presidential Election -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P. Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Essays that explore how the first black president connects to the past and reimagines national racial and political horizons.
9781626740426
Obama, Barack-Influence.
National characteristics, American-History-21st century.
Democracy-United States.
United States-Race relations-21st century.
United States-Politics and government-2009-2017.
Electronic books.
E908.3 .R33 2014
305.80097309/05
Race and the Obama Phenomenon : The Vision of a More Perfect Multiracial Union. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (465 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword: Race Will Survive the Obama Phenomenon -- Introduction: Understanding Obama and Ourselves -- PART I: RACE, OBAMA, AND MULTIRACIALITY -- 1. Race and Multiraciality: From Barack Obama to Trayvon Martin -- 2. By Casta, Color Wheel, and Computer Graphics: Visual Representations of Racially Mixed People -- 3. Barack Obama: Embracing Multiplicity-Being a Catalyst for Change -- 4. In Pursuit of Self: The Identity of an American President and Cosmopolitanism -- PART II: OBAMA, BLACKNESS, AND THE "POST-RACIAL IDEA" -- 5. Barack Hussein Obama, or, the Name of the Father -- 6. The End(s) of Difference?: Towards an Understanding of the "Post" in "Post-Racial" -- 7. On the Impossibilities of a Post-Racist America in the Obama Era -- 8. Obama, the Instability of Color Lines, and the Promise of a Postethnic Future -- PART III: RACE, GENDER, AND THE OBAMA PHENOMENON -- 9. From Chattel to First Lady: Black Women Moving from the Margins -- 10. The "Outsider" and the Presidency: Mediated Representations of Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential Primaries -- 11. Obama's "Unisex" Campaign: Masculinities, Race, and Law -- 12. "Everything His Father Was Not": Fatherhood and Father Figures in Barack Obama's First Term -- PART IV: RACE, POLITICS, AND THE OBAMA PHENOMENON -- 13. Barack Obama's Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention: Trauma, Compromise, Consilience and the (Im)Possibility of Racial Reconciliation -- 14. Barack Obama's White Appeal and the Perverse Racial Politics of the Post-Civil Rights Era -- 15. Barack Obama's (Im)Perfect Union: An Analysis of the Strategic Successes and Failures in His Speech on Race -- Epilogue: Obama, Race, and the 2012 Presidential Election -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P. Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Essays that explore how the first black president connects to the past and reimagines national racial and political horizons.
9781626740426
Obama, Barack-Influence.
National characteristics, American-History-21st century.
Democracy-United States.
United States-Race relations-21st century.
United States-Politics and government-2009-2017.
Electronic books.
E908.3 .R33 2014
305.80097309/05