The contentious race for the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the United States drew worldwide attention due to the historical novelty of the two candidates, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Obama's cultural identity created from the marriage of a white woman from Kansas and a man from Kenya posed a racially complex package for the media and the public. The candidacy of Hillary Clinton, who, if elected, would have been the first woman president of the US, has drawn attention to the ways in which the popular understanding of gender and womanhood has been framed, as well as how political issues are understood as “gender” or “race” issues. What also seems interesting is the curious blend of traditional feminism and post-feminism—or rather, the multiple feminisms that have activated popular allegiances. The “blackening” of Obama with the remarks of his pastor, as well as the “whitening” of Clinton with her projected affiliation to the white working-class have also marked the critical turning points of the long campaign that call for further analysis. The two essays here analyze aspects of the campaign from very different perspectives, that of the body and that of history. Alyssa Samek argues that
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The contentious race for the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the United States drew worldwide attention due to the historical novelty of the two candidates, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Obama's cultural identity created from the marriage of a white woman from Kansas and a man from Kenya posed a racially complex package for the media and the public. The candidacy of Hillary Clinton, who, if elected, would have been the first woman president of the US, has drawn attention to the ways in which the popular understanding of gender and womanhood has been framed, as well as how political issues are understood as “gender” or “race” issues. What also seems interesting is the curious blend of traditional feminism and post-feminism—or rather, the multiple feminisms that have activated popular allegiances. The “blackening” of Obama with the remarks of his pastor, as well as the “whitening” of Clinton with her projected affiliation to the white working-class have also marked the critical turning points of the long campaign that call for further analysis. The two essays here analyze aspects of the campaign from very different perspectives, that of the body and that of history. Alyssa Samek argues thatPreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Zacharias, Usha; Arthurs, Jane
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, Volume 8 (4): 425-433
Informa Healthcare – Dec 1, 2008
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