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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824671403321

Autore

Dyson Michael Eric

Titolo

The black presidency : Barack Obama and the politics of race in America / / Michael Eric Dyson ; book design by Lisa Diercks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; New York, New York : , : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-544-38642-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

Race - Political aspects - United States

Racism - Political aspects - United States

African Americans - Politics and government - 21st century

United States Race relations Political aspects

United States Politics and government 2009-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Front Flap; Front Matter; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: The Burden of Representation; 1. How to Be a Black President: "I Can't Sound Like Martin"; 2. "Invisible Man Got the Whole World Watching": Race, Bi-Race, Post-Race in the Obama Presidency; 3. Black Presidency, Black Rhetoric: Pharaoh and Moses Speak; 4. Re-Founding Father: Patriotism, Citizenship, and Obama's America; 5. The Scold of Black Folk: The Bully Pulpit and Black Responsibility; 6. Dying to Speak of Race: Policing Black America

7. Going Bulworth: Black Truth and White Terror in the Age of Obama8. Amazing Grace: Obama's African American Theology; Back Matter; Acknowledgments; President Obama's Speeches and Statements on Race; Notes; Index; Back Flap; Back Cover; Spine