Logan, Enid Lynette.

"At this defining moment" : Barack Obama's presidential candidacy and the new politics of race / Enid Logan. - New York : New York University Press, 2011. - 216 p.

Introduction: the landscape of race in the 21st century -- Post-race American triumphalism and the entrenchment of colorblind racial ideology -- Rooted in the Black community but not limited to it: the perils and promises of the new politics of race -- Contesting gender and race in the 2008 democratic primary -- The trope of race in Obama's America -- Asian and Latino voters in the 2008 election: the politics of color in the racial middle -- In defense of the white nation: the modern conservative movement and the discourse of exclusionary nationalism -- Racial politics under the first Black president. HKBU library

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Presidents--Election--United States--2008.
Race--Political aspects--History--United States--21st century.


United States--Race relations--History--21st century.

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