02888nam 2200529 450 991050430410332120220226033750.00-89680-492-5(CKB)3710000000768592(MiAaPQ)EBC4613301(ScCtBLL)8bedd1de-4054-4233-a73a-12368058e191(OCoLC)954221209(MdBmJHUP)musev2_99372(EXLCZ)99371000000076859220160208h20162016 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierObama and Kenya contested histories and the politics of belonging /Matthew Carotenuto and Katherine LuongoAthens :Ohio University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (265 pages) illustrationsOhio University research in international studies, global and comparative studies series ;number 15Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index.0-89680-299-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Obama and Kenya -- Discovering Obama in Kenya -- Representations of Kenya: myth and reality -- The Obama family: ethnicity and the politics of belonging in Kenya -- Part II. Contested histories and the politics of belonging -- The politics of condemnation: the American right's reactions to Obama's roots in Kenya -- The politics of celebration: ethnic grandeur and Obama's heroic embrace -- Political violence and history at the ballot box -- Obama for Africa or Africans for Obama? -- Epilogue: Tuko Pamoja: we are together.Part I. Obama and Kenya -- Discovering Obama in Kenya -- Representations of Kenya: myth and reality -- The Obama family: ethnicity and the politics of belonging in Kenya -- Part II. Contested histories and the politics of belonging -- The politics of condemnation: the American right's reactions to Obama's roots in Kenya -- The politics of celebration: ethnic grandeur and Obama's heroic embrace -- Political violence and history at the ballot box -- Obama for Africa or Africans for Obama? -- Epilogue: Tuko Pamoja: we are together.Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ;no. 15.Group identityKenyaUnited StatesRelationsKenyaKenyaRelationsUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government2009-KenyaPolitics and government2002-Group identity327.7306762Carotenuto Matthew852658Luongo Katherine1975-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910504304103321Obama and Kenya1903988UNINA