Title Obama and the Paradigm Shift : Measuring Change

Published Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (302 pages) Series American Studies - A Monograph Series - Band 225 American Studies - A Monograph Series - Band 225 Contents Acknowledgements; Contents; Greta Olson -- Introduction: What Has the Obama Presidency Changed?; Thomas C. Holt -- Reflections on the Problem of Race in the Age of Obama; M. Michaela Hampf -- The Right to Bare Arms: Reading Michelle Obama's Public Image; Gabriele Dietze -- Barack Obama's "Identity Performance" and the Intersection of Race and Gender during the Nomination Battle against Hillary Clinton; Greta Olson -- Weighing In on Obama: Connections between Embodiment, Class, and Masculinity in the United States and Germany Andreas Falke -- Obama and Paradigm Change? No Way to Escape the Political DivideBirte Christ -- Michelle Obama, the Good American and Icon of Global Power Femininity; Helend Bond -- Shattering Ceilings Worldwide; Michael Butter -- The Birthers' New World Order: Conspiracy Theories about Barack Obama; Jörn Ahrens -- Images of the Political: Obama and Post-Democracy; Sabine Sielke -- The Poetics of Presidency and the Promises of Change: Reading Barack Obama; Allyson Hobbs -- Conclusion: A Paradigm Shift in Fits and Starts; List of Contributors Summary Hauptbeschreibung This book asks if Barack Obama's election as the 44th President of the United States represented a paradigmatic shift in the political and cultural tides. It works to move beyond a renewed acknowledgement of the extraordinary symbolic value of a black man having become president in a country still rife with racial problems. Specifically, 'Obama and the Paradigm Shift' investigates those areas of cultural politics in which Obama's election to the U.S. presidency were expected to make the greatest impact. These include racial politics, normative forms of masculinity and feminin Notes Print version record Subject Obama, Barack -- Influence SUBJECT Obama, Barack fast Subject Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century Political culture -- Germany -- History -- 21st century Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 21st century Race -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Political culture Political leadership Politics and government Race -- Political aspects SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 2009- Subject Germany United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Olson, Greta ISBN 3825373436 9783825373436

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