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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462868203321

Autore

Wingfield Adia Harvey <1977-, >

Titolo

Yes we can? : white racial framing and the Obama presidency / / Adia Harvey Wingfield and Joe R. Feagin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-97304-9

0-203-07873-X

1-136-15655-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FeaginJoe R

Disciplina

324.973

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election - 2008

Presidents - United States - Election - 2012

Political campaigns - United States - Sociological aspects

Elections - United States - Sociological aspects

Race discrimination - Political aspects - United States

Post-racialism - United States

White people - United States - Attitudes

Public opinion - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 2009-

United States Race relations Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

White racial framing and Barack Obama's first campaign -- "Too black?" or "not black enough?" -- From Susan B. Anthony to Hillary Clinton -- The cool black man vs. the fist-bumping socialist -- The Dr. Jeremiah Wright controversy -- The 2008 primaries and voters of color -- November 4, 2008 : a dramatic day in U.S. history -- A "post-racial" America? -- President Obama's 2009-2013 term and the 2011-2012 primaries -- The 2012 national election.

Sommario/riassunto

The first edition of this book offered one of the first social science analyses of Barack Obama's historic electoral campaigns and early presidency. In this second edition the authors extend that analysis to



Obama's service in the presidency and to his second campaign to hold that presidency. Elaborating on the concept of the white racial frame, Harvey Wingfield and Feagin assess in detail the ways white racial framing was deployed by the principal characters in the electoral campaigns and during Obama's presidency. With much relevant data, this book counters many commonsense assumptions ab