Studies of Identity in the 2008 Presidential Campaign

Herausgeber: Denton, Robert E.

• Broschiertes Buch

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 camp...

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Produktdetails

• Lexington Studies in Political Communication
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9780739141038
• ISBN-10: 0739141031
• Artikelnr.: 29343149

Autorenporträt

Robert E. Denton, Jr. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies in the Pamplin College of Business and is professor in the Department of Communication at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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