ISBN:
9780415813945
,
9780415813938
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 221 Seiten
Series Statement:
Routledge series on identity politics
DDC:
973.932092
Keywords:
Obama, Barack
;
Post-racialism
;
United States Politics and government 2009-2017
;
United States Race relations
;
Political aspects
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
"By placing Obama in the historical context of U.S. race relations, this edited book interrogates the idealized and progressive view of American society advanced by much of the mainstream literature on Obama. Barack Obama and the Myth of a Post-Racial America takes a careful look at the historical, cultural and political dimensions of race in the United States, using an interdisciplinary analysis that incorporates approaches from history, political science, and sociology"--
Abstract:
"The 2008 presidential election was celebrated around the world as a seminal moment in U.S. political and racial history. White liberals and other progressives framed the election through the prism of change, while previously acknowledged demographic changes were hastily heralded as the dawn of a "post-racial" America. However, by 2011, much of the post-election idealism had dissipated in the wake of an on-going economic and financial crisis, escalating wars in Afghanistan and Libya, and the rise of the right-wing Tea Party movement.By placing Obama in the historical context of U.S. race relations, this edited book interrogates the idealized and progressive view of American society advanced by much of the mainstream literature on Obama. Barack Obama and the Myth of a Post-Racial America takes a careful look at the historical, cultural and political dimensions of race in the United States, using an interdisciplinary analysis that incorporates approaches from history, political science, and sociology. Each chapter addresses controversial issues such as whether Obama can be considered an African-American president, whether his presidency actually delivered the kind of deep-rooted changes that were initially prophesised, and whether Obama has abandoned his core African-American constituency in favour of projecting a race-neutral approach designed to maintain centrist support.Through cutting edge, critically informed, and cross-disciplinary analyses, this collection directly addresses the dimensions of race in American society through the lens of Obama's election and presidency. "--
Note:
Includes bibliogr. references and index
,
Introduction : a dream deferred?
,
The Obama dilemma : confronting race in the 21st century
,
Republican mavericks : the anti-Obama impulse in the 2008 election
,
Obama in the Northeast : race and electoral politics in America's bluest region
,
Backlash racism and the presidency of Barack Obama
,
Barack Obama and the future of American racial politics
,
The fnal frontier : Barack Obama and the vision of a post-racial America
,
Still mariachi politics : Latinos and the Obama administration
,
You Say Obama, I say Osama, Let's call the whole thing off : race and U.S. foreign policy
,
The color of Obama's world : race and democracy during the Barack Obama administration
,
President Obama's establishment
,
The im/possibility of Barack Hussain Obama
,
Mormonism and the 2012 presidential election
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