The Obamas and a (post) racial America? /

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Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Description:xx, 310 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Series in political psychology
Series in political psychology.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8302434
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Other authors / contributors:Parks, Gregory, 1974-
Hughey, Matthew W. (Matthew Windust)
ISBN:9780199735204 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0199735204 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1. Measuring Racial Progress in America: The Tangled Path
  • Commentary: Constraint and Freedom in the ôAge of Obamaö
  • 2. Implicit Bias: A Better Metric for Racial Progress?
  • Commentary: The Erasure of the Affirmative Action Debate in the Age of Obama
  • 3. Black Man in the White House: Ideology and Implicit Racial Bias in the Age of Obama
  • Commentary: Black Man in the White House
  • 4. Obama-Nation? Implicit Beliefs about American Nationality and the Possibility of Redefining Who Counts as ôTrulyö American
  • Commentary: As American as Barack Obama
  • 5. Does Black and Male Still = Threat in the Age of Obama?
  • Commentary: Threat, Fantasy, and President Obama
  • 6. Michelle Obama: Redefining Images of Black Women
  • Commentary: First Lady Michelle Obama: Getting Past the Stereotypes
  • 7. Barack, Michelle, and the Complexities of a Black ôLove Supremeö
  • Commentary: The Obamas: Beyond Troubled Love
  • 8. Sasha and Malia: Re-Envisioning African-American Youth
  • Commentary: Re-Envisioning Black Youth
  • 9. Obama and Global Change in Perceptions of Group Status
  • Commentary: Obama and Group Change in Attitudes about Group Status
  • 10. The Role of Race in American Politics: Lessons Learned from the 2008 Presidential Election
  • Commentary: The State of the Post-Racial Union
  • 11. Obama's Potential to Transform the Racial Attitudes of White Americans
  • Commentary: Black Behavior and Moral Dissonance: Missing Mechanisms in Theorizing the Obama Effect
  • 12. New Bottle, Same Old Wine: The GOP and Race in the Age of Obama
  • Commentary: New Bottle, Same Old Wine: A Response
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors
  • About the Commentators
  • Index