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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827510103321

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, 2011

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2011]

2011

ISBN

0-8147-5346-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

324.973/0931

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election - 2008

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

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

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.

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.