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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787308803321

Autore

Sheeler Kristina Horn <1965->

Titolo

Woman president [[electronic resource] ] : confronting postfeminist political culture / / Kristina Horn Sheeler and Karrin Vasby Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-62349-010-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Presidential rhetoric and political communication ; ; no. 22

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonKarrin Vasby

Disciplina

306.2082/0973

Soggetti

Women presidents - United States

Women presidential candidates - United States

Gender mainstreaming - United States

Sex discrimination against women - United States

Feminism and mass media - United States

Mass media and women - United States

Presidents - United States - Election

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

The first shall be last: the "pioneer" frame as a constraint for women presidential candidates -- Fictional presidentiality: presidential portrayals on the large and small screens -- Presidential campaign oratory: two faces of feminism -- Political journalism and punditry: framing the "dangerous" campaigns of Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton -- Bodies politic: "porning" the presidential body -- Parodying presidentiality: a (not so) funny thing happened on the way to the White House -- Conclusion: our candidates, ourselves.

Sommario/riassunto

What elements of American political and rhetorical culture block the imagining-and thus, the electing-of a woman as president? Examining both major-party and third-party campaigns by women, including the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, the authors of Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture identify the factors that limit electoral possibilities for women.Pundits have been predicting women's political ascendency for years. And yet, although the 2008 presidential campaign featured Hillary Clinton as an early frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomin