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Author Logan, Enid Lynette.

Title "At this defining moment" : Barack Obama's presidential candidacy and the new politics of race / Enid Logan.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©2011.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 216 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
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Summary In January 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States. In the weeks and months following the election, as in those that preceded it, countless social observers from across the ideological spectrum commented upon the cultural, social and political significance of "the Obama phenomenon." In "At this Defining Moment," Enid Logan provides a nuanced analysis framed by innovative theoretical insights to explore how Barack Obama's presidential candidacy both reflected and shaped the dynamics of race in the contemporary United States. Using the 2008 election as a case study of U.S. race relations, and based on a wealth of empirical data that includes an analysis of over 1,500 newspaper articles, blog postings, and other forms of public speech collected over a 3 year period, Logan claims that while race played a central role in the 2008 election, it was in several respects different from the past. Logan ultimately concludes that while the selection of an individual African American man as president does not mean that racism is dead in the contemporary United States, we must also think creatively and expansively about what the election does mean for the nation and for the evolving contours of race in the 21st century.
Language English.
Subject Obama, Barack (Barack Husein), 1961-
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008.
Race -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century.
Race -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
États-Unis -- Relations raciales -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Presidents -- Election
Race -- Political aspects
Race relations
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Politieke aspecten. (NL-LeOCL)07863122X
Rassenvraagstuk. (NL-LeOCL)078643546
Verkiezingen. (NL-LeOCL)078941032
Verenigde Staten. (NL-LeOCL)078939836
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Logan, Enid Lynette. "At this defining moment". New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©2011 9780814752975 (DLC) 2011020456 (OCoLC)724667376
ISBN 9780814753460 (electronic bk.)
0814753469 (electronic bk.)
9780814752975 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0814752977 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780814752982 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0814752985 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard No. 10.18574/9780814753460 doi
AU@ 000054184073
CHNEW 000622108
DEBBG BV040843488
DEBBG BV043099057
DEBSZ 421550694
DEBSZ 442852339
DEBSZ 456587454

 
    
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