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American Identity in the Age of Obama (Hardcover, New): Amilcar Antonio Barreto, Richard L. O. Bryant

American Identity in the Age of Obama (Hardcover, New)

Amilcar Antonio Barreto, Richard L. O. Bryant

Series: Routledge Series on Identity Politics

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The election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States has opened a new chapter in the country's long and often tortured history of inter-racial and inter-ethnic relations. Many relished in the inauguration of the country's first African American president - an event foreseen by another White House aspirant, Senator Robert Kennedy, four decades earlier. What could have only been categorized as a dream in the wake of Brown vs. Board of Education was now a reality. Some dared to contemplate a post-racial America. Still, soon after Obama's election a small but persistent faction questioned his eligibility to hold office; they insisted that Obama was foreign-born. Following the Civil Rights battles of the 20th century hate speech, at least in public, is no longer as free flowing as it had been. Perhaps xenophobia, in a land of immigrants, is the new rhetorical device to assail what which is non-white and hence un-American. Furthermore, recent debates about immigration and racial profiling in Arizona along with the battle over rewriting of history and civics textbooks in Texas suggest that a post-racial America is a long way off. What roles do race, ethnicity, ancestry, immigration status, locus of birth play in the public and private conversations that defy and reinforce existing conceptions of what it means to be American? This book exposes the changing and persistent notions of American identity in the age of Obama. Amilcar Antonio Barreto, Richard L. O'Bryant, and an outstanding line up of contributors examine Obama's election and reelection as watershed phenomena that will be exploited by the president's supporters and detractors to engage in different forms of narrating the American national saga. Despite the potential for major changes in rhetorical mythmaking, they question whether American society has changed substantively.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Series on Identity Politics
Release date: November 2013
First published: 2014
Editors: Amilcar Antonio Barreto • Richard L. O. Bryant
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-72201-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
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LSN: 0-415-72201-2
Barcode: 9780415722018

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