The Obama effect [[electronic resource] ] : multidisciplinary renderings of the 2008 campaign / / edited by Heather E. Harris, Kimberly R. Moffitt, Catherine R. Squires

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 pages)
• Disciplina: 973.932092
• Soggetto topico: Political campaigns - United States; Presidents - United States - Election - 2008; Race relations in mass media
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations Political aspects
• Altri autori: HarrisHeather E MoffittKimberly R SquiresCatherine R. <1972->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Obama Effect: Multidisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Campaign -- The Obama Effect: Multidisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Campaign -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I: Rhetoric -- White Males Lose Presidency for First Time: Exposing the Power of Whiteness through Obama's Victory -- Hermeneutical Rhetoric and Progressive Change: Barack Obama's American Exceptionalism -- Ghosts and Gaps: A Rhetorical Examination of Temporality and Spatial Metaphors in Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" -- Section II: New Media -- Media Politics 2.0: An Obama Effect -- The Webbed Message: Re-Visioning the American Dream -- The Resonant Message and the Powerful New Media: An Analysis of the Obama Presidential Campaign -- Beyond the Candidate: Obama, YouTube, and (My) Asian-ness -- Section III: Identities -- Post-Soul President: Dreams from My Father and the Post-Soul Aesthetic -- "Let Us Not Falter Before Our Complexity": Barack Obama and the Legacy of Ralph Ellison -- The Obama Effect on American Discourse about Racial Identity: Dreams from My Father (and Mother), Barack Obama's Search for Self -- Our First Unisex President? Obama, Critical Race Theory, and Masculinities Studies -- Section IV: Publics -- Oprah and Obama: Theorizing Celebrity Endorsement in U.S. Politics -- The Obama Mass: Barack Obama, Image, and Fear of the Crowd -- Mothers Out to Change U.S. Politics: Obama Mamas Involved and Engaged -- Section V: Representations -- For the Love of Obama: Race, Nation, and the Politics of Relation -- Framing a First Lady: Media Coverage of Michelle Obama's Role in the 2008 Presidential Election -- The Feminist (?) Hero versus the BlackMessiah: Contesting Gender and Race in the 2008 Democratic Primary -- Epilogue -- List of Contributors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Timely, multidisciplinary analysis of Obama's presidential campaign, its context, and its impact.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Obama effect
• ISBN: 1-4384-3661-0; 1-4416-7865-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810480503321
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