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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809796303321

Titolo

Rethinking Obama / / edited by Julian Go

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley [England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-283-35470-5

9786613354709

0-85724-912-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Political power and social theory, , 0198-8719 ; ; v. 22

Altri autori (Persone)

GoJulian <1970->

Disciplina

306.2

320/.05

Soggetti

Social Science - Discrimination & Race Relations

Social Science - Ethnic Studies - General

Social Science - Sociology of Religion

Social groups

Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

Power (Social sciences)

Political sociology

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.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : examining, debating, and ranting about the Obama phenomenon / Louise Seamster, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva -- The black presidential non-slave : genocide and the present tense of racial slavery / Dylan Rodríguez -- Barack Obama's community organizing as new black politics / Tamara K. Nopper -- The more things change : a Gramscian genealogy of Barack Obama's 'post-racial' politics, 1932-2008 / Cedric de Leon -- The Tea Party in the age of Obama : mainstream conservatism or out-group anxiety? / Matt A. Barreto, Betsy L. Cooper, Benjamin Gonzalez, Christopher S. Parker, Christopher Towler -- The sweet enchantment of color blindness in black face : explaining the 'miracle', debating the politics, and suggesting a way for hope to be 'for real' in America / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Louise Seamster -- Barack Obama and civil religion / Philip S. Gorski -- Civil religion and the politics of belonging / Joseph Gerteis -- Civil religion for a



diverse polity / Andrew R. Murphy -- The unfinished covenant / Michael P. Young, Christopher Pieper -- Rejoinder : why civil religion? / Philip S. Gorski.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume of "Political Power and Social Theory" includes a selection of papers exploring Obama and the Politics of Race & Religion. Chapters examine the complex dynamics of race relations and racial meaning in America under the Obama administration. The "Scholarly Controversies" section features a debate on Obama and religion in the United States. This volume will be among the first to critically assess the meanings of race and religion in America under the Obama administration, featuring controversial chapters by Phil Gorksi of Yale University and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva of Duke University, among others.