Studies of Identity in the 2008 Presidential Campaign

Herausgeber: Denton, Robert E

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Produktbeschreibung

Studies 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9780739141021
• ISBN-10: 0739141023
• Artikelnr.: 29027132

Autorenporträt

Edited by Robert E. Denton Jr. - Contributions by Gwen Brown; Elizabeth Camille; Janis L. Edwards; Henry C. Kenski; Kate M. Kenski; Kasie M. Roberson; Beth Waggenspack; Terrence L. Warburton and Ben Voth

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Identity Politics in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: An Overview
Chapter 2. Symbolic Womanhood and Sarah Palin: Running Against the Feminist
Grain Chapter 3. "A More Perfect Union": Barack Obama's Failed Apologia and
Successful Use of Identity Politics Chapter 4. Playing the Gender Card
Against the Stacked Deck: A Comparison of Senator Clinton and Governor
Sarah Palin's Gender-based Apologia in the 2008 Presidential Election
Chapter 5. Gender and Race in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination
Chapter 6. Barack Obama and the Cosmopolitan Candidacy Chapter 7.
Evangelical Voters in the 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination Chapter
8. Deception Narratives in the 2008 Presidential Campaign Chapter 9. The
Challenges and Limitations of Identity Politics in a Democracy Chapter 10.
Epilogue: The Rhetoric of the Destruction of American Identity and the
Academy