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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781720003321

Autore

Logan Enid Lynette

Titolo

“At This Defining Moment” : Barack Obama’s Presidential Candidacy and the New Politics of Race / / Enid Logan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : New York University Press, , op. 2011

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021

©op. 2011

ISBN

0-8147-5346-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

324.9730931

Soggetti

Race relations

Race - Political aspects

Presidents - Election

Race - Political aspects - United States - History - 21st century

Presidents - Election - 2008 - United States

United States Race relations History 21st century

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Post-race American Triumphalism and the Entrenchment of Colorblind Racial Ideology -- 3 Rooted in the Black Community but Not Limited to It -- 4 Contesting Gender and Race in the 2008 Democratic Primary -- 5 The Trope of Race in Obama’s America -- 6 Asian and Latino Voters in the 2008 Election -- 7 In Defense of the White Nation -- 8 Racial Politics under the First Black President -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction: the landscape of race in the 21st century -- Post-race American triumphalism and the entrenchment of colorblind racial ideology -- Rooted in the Black community but not limited to it: the perils and promises of the new politics of race -- Contesting gender and race in the 2008 democratic primary -- The trope of race in Obama's America -- Asian and Latino voters in the 2008 election: the politics of color in the racial middle -- In defense of the white nation: the modern conservative movement and the discourse of exclusionary



nationalism -- Racial politics under the first Black president.