ISBN:
9780814738122
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (264 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Twilight of Social Conservatism : American Culture Wars in the Obama Era
DDC:
306.0973
Keywords:
Social values ; United States
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Culture conflict ; United States
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Conservatism ; United States
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Politics and culture ; United States
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Christianity and culture ; United States
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United States ; Politics and government
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Despite many Americans' triumphant proclamations that Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 elections signified a post-partisan, post-racial society, it seems that the United States is more divided than ever. From the rise of the Tea Party, to strident anti-immigration and anti-welfare movements, to the so-called "war on women", the United States on its surface appears to be caught in the turmoil of a culture war that has not relented since the Reagan era. But, as John Dombrink writes in The Twilight of Social Conservatism, the conservative backlash seen during Obama's presidency is indicative not of a
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Liberalization and Backlash in the Obama Era; 2. Anger and Resentment Anew: Tea Parties and the Obama Backlash; 3. Marriage Equality: America and the New Normal; 4. After Falwell: Shifts and Continuities in the Culture War and the Role of Religion in America; 5. "Vota Tus Valores": The Culture War in a Diversifying America; 6. Campaign 2012: Of Plutocrats, Rape, and the "Ascendant Majority"; 7. Whither the Culture War? The "Unwedging" of Old Frames; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
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