Barack Obama and the myth of a post-racial America [electronic resource] / edited by Mark Ledwidge, Kevern Verney, Inderjeet Parmar. - New York : Routledge, 2014. - 1 online resource (xiii, 221 p.) - Routledge series on identity politics .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Barack Obama, first African American president : continuity or change / Mark Ledwidge -- 2. The Obama dilemma : confronting race in the 21st century / Carl Pedersen -- 3. Republican mavericks : the anti-Obama impulse in the 2008 election / Robert Busby -- 4. Obama in the Northeast : race and electoral politics in America's bluest region / Kevin J. McMahon -- 5. Backlash racism and the presidency of Barack Obama / Heidi Beirich and Evelyn Schlatter -- 6. Barack Obama and the future of American racial politics / Rogers M. Smith and Desmond S. King -- 7. The fnal frontier : Barack Obama and the vision of a post-racial America / Keern J. Verney -- 8. Still mariachi politics : Latinos and the Obama administration / Lisa Garcia Bedolla -- 9. You Say Obama, I say Osama, Let's call the whole thing off : race and U.S. foreign policy / Lee Marsden -- 10. The color of Obama's world : race and democracy during the Barack Obama administration / Michael L. Krenn -- 11. President Obama's establishment / Inderjeet Parmar -- 12. The im/possibility of Barack Hussain Obama / Nirmal Puwar and Sanjay Sharma -- 13. Mormonism and the 2012 presidential election / Lee Marsden.

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Obama, Barack.


Post-racialism--United States.
United States--Race relations--Political aspects.


United States--Politics and government--2009-