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UNINA9910300010903321 |
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Autore |
Oliveira-Monte Emanuelle K. F |
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Titolo |
Barack Obama is Brazilian : (Re)Signifying Race Relations in Contemporary Brazil / / by Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XVI, 208 p. 35 illus.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnology - Latin America |
Culture |
Race |
America - Politics and government |
Communication |
Latin American Culture |
Race and Ethnicity Studies |
American Politics |
Global and International Culture |
Media and Communication |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Obama Dreams of Brazil: A Mulatto in the Land of Racial Democracy -- 3. Barack Obama Is Brazilian -- 4. Obama and Dilma In Love: Race and Gender In the Realm of Political Humor -- 5. “Our” Candidate Obama: Barack Obama In the Brazilian Elections -- 6. Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines US President Barack Obama’s characterizations in the Brazilian media, with a specific focus on political cartoons and internet memes. Brazilians celebrate their country as a racial democracy; thus the US works as its nemesis. The rise of a black president to the office of the most prominent country in the global, political, and economic landscape led some analysts to postulate that |
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