Obama and the Biracial Factor : : The Battle for a New American Majority / / ed. by Andrew J Jolivette.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Barthé, Darryl G.,; Brunsma, David L.,; Collins, Robert Keith,; Daniel, G. Reginald,; Dariotis, Wei Ming,; Jolivette, Andrew J.,; King-O’Riain, Rebecca Chiyoko,; Korgen, Kathleen Odell,; Miletsky, Zebulon Vance,; Ponder, Justin,; Yoo, Grace J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Jolivette, Andrew J,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; About the authors --; Acknowledgements --; Preface --; The biracial factor in America --; Obama and the biracial factor: an introduction --; Race, multiraciality, and the election of Barack Obama: toward a more perfect union? --; “A patchwork heritage”: multiracial citation in Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father --; Racial revisionism, caste revisited: whiteness, blackness, and Barack Obama --; Beyond black and white identity politics --; Obama Mamas and mixed race: hoping for “a more perfect union” --; Is “no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama?” --; Mixed race kin-aesthetics in the age of Obama --; Mutt like me: Barack Obama and the mixed race experience in historical perspective --; The battle for a New American majority --; A different kind of blackness: the question of Obama’s blackness and intraracial variation among African Americans --; Avoiding race or following the racial scripts? Obama and race in the recessionary period of the colorblind era --; Barack Obama and the rise to power: Emmett Till revisited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781447301028; 9783111196213
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Andrew J Jolivette.

Since the election in 2008 of Barack Obama to the Presidency of the United States there have been a plethora of books, films, and articles about the role of race in the election of the first person of color to the White House. None of these works though delves into the intricacies of Mr. Obama's biracial background and what it means. Obama and the Biracial Factor is the first book to explore the significance of mixed-race identity as a key factor in the election of President Obama and examines the sociological and political relationship between race, power, and public policy in the United States with an emphasis on public discourse and ethnic representation in his election . Jolivette and his co-authors bring biracial identity and multiraciality to forefront of our understanding of racial projects since his election. Additionally the authors assert the salience of mixed-race identity in U.S. policy and the on-going impact of the media and popular culture on the development, implementation, and interpretation of government policy and ethnic relations in the U.S. and globally. Obama and the Biracial Factor speaks to a wide array of academic disciplines ranging from political science and public policy to sociology and ethnic studies.