05281nam 2200781 a 450 991079149230332120200520144314.01-282-60754-597866126075470-7391-4104-X(CKB)2560000000016392(EBL)616209(OCoLC)700699409(SSID)ssj0000442899(PQKBManifestationID)12184268(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000442899(PQKBWorkID)10455626(PQKB)10155359(SSID)ssj0000429048(PQKBManifestationID)12183691(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429048(PQKBWorkID)10425040(PQKB)11723889(MiAaPQ)EBC616209(Au-PeEL)EBL616209(CaPaEBR)ebr10391909(CaONFJC)MIL260754(EXLCZ)99256000000001639220100225d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStudies of identity in the 2008 presidential campaign[electronic resource] /edited by Robert E. Denton, JrLanham, Md. Lexington Books20101 online resource (446 p.)Lexington studies in political communicationDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-4102-3 0-7391-4103-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Studies of Identity in the 2008 Presidential Campaign; Lexington Studies in Political Communication; Series Editor: Robert E. Denton, Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Studies of Identity in the 2008 Presidential Campaign; Contents; Tables; Preface*; REFERENCES; Acknowledgments; 1; Identity Politics in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: An Overview*; OBAMA AND RACE; GENDER AND CLINTON; GENDER AND PALIN; AGE AND MCCAIN; IMPLICATIONS; CONClUSION; REFERENCES; 2; Symbolic Womanhood and Sarah Palin: Running Against the Feminist Grain; SARAH PALIN'S SYMBOLIC WOMANHOODPOSTFEMINISM AND PATRIARCHYREFERENCES; NOTES; 3; "A More Perfect Union": Barack Obama's Failed Apologia and Successful Use of Identity Politics; THE RHETORIC OF APOLOGIA; THE REVEREND WRIGhT CONTROVERSY; "A MORE PERFECT UNION"; THE FAILURE OF APOLOGIA; THE SUCCESS OF IDENTITY POLITICS; THE NEW APOLOGIA: SUCCEEDING BY FAILING?; REFERENCES; 4; Playing the Gender Card Against a Stacked Deck: A Comparison of Senator Hillary Clinton and Governor Sarah Palin's Gender-based Apologia in the 2008 Presidential Election; APOLOGIA; POLITICS AND GENDER; PLAYING THE GENDER CARD; CONClUSION; REFERENCES; 5Identity Politics: Gender and Race in the 2008 Democratic Presidential NominationTHE CANDIDATES, THEIR POLITICAL STANDING, AND NOMINATION STRATEGIES; CLINTON AND OBAMA: A COMMUNICATION PERSPECTIVE; THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION OUTCOME; MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES IN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION VOTE; CANDIDATE TRAITS IN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION VOTE; CONClUSIONS; REFERENCES; 6; Barack Obama and the Cosmopolitan Candidacy; COSMOPOLITANISM; OBAMA AND HIS VOTERS; THE COSMOPOLITAN PROCESS AND CONSTRUCTION; THE COSMOPOLITAN CONNECTION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; NOTES; 7Evangelical Voters in the 2008 Republican Presidential NominationREFERENCES; 8; deceptive narratives in the 2008 Presidential Campaign; NARRATIVES; DECEPTION AND RUMOR; ATTACK TACTICS; CHARACTER THEMES; PATRIOTISM THEMES; RELIGION THEMES; POLITICAl THEMES; SOCIAL ISSUE THEMES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 9; The Challenges and Limitations of "Identity Politics" in a Democracy; DEMOCRACY, LIBERTY AND EQUALITY; LIMITATIONS OF IDENTITY POLITICS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; NOTES; 10; Epilogue: The Rhetoric of the Destruction of American Identity and the Academy; KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESESINSIDE THE SPHEREDECONSTRUCTING CHURCHILL'S CRITIQUE-ESCAPING THE SPHERE; REFERENCES; Index; About the ContributorsStudies of Identity in the 2008 Presidential Campaign explores issues of identity politics and the presidential election. Investigating all aspects of race, gender or ageism, the contributors to this volume address the role and function of 'identity politics' in political campaigns, and highlight challenges of 'identity politics' in contemporary political campaigns.Lexington studies in political communication.PresidentsUnited StatesElection2008Gender identityPolitical aspectsUnited StatesAfrican AmericansRace identityPolitical aspectsEvangelicalismUnited StatesChristianity and politicsUnited StatesPresidentsElectionGender identityPolitical aspectsAfrican AmericansRace identityPolitical aspects.EvangelicalismChristianity and politics324.973/0931Denton Robert E.Jr.532290MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791492303321Studies of identity in the 2008 presidential campaign3838975UNINA