{"product_id":"obama-clinton-palin-9780252078309","title":"Obama Clinton Palin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking the long view on a groundbreaking election\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Time will tell whether the presidential campaign of 2008 constituted what political scientists call a critical election in US history, but there is no question that it changed the game for women and African Americans in politics. . . . Recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These essays make a compelling case that the groundbreaking 2008 election was simply one chapter in a long and complicated history of race and gender politics in the United States.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This readable collection brings together a distinguished group of scholars to offer reflections that place the galvanizing candidacies of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin in historical perspective.\" --Eileen Boris, coeditor of Intimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies, and the Politics of Care\u003cbr\u003e\"Gathering first-rate scholars, Gidlow's effort offers a raw perspective of a moment in time when the progressive efforts of generations erupted finally—and all at once—on the national stage.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These stimulating essays draw meaning from the 2008 campaigns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin at a critical juncture in U.S. history--a topic worthy of serious reflection and tackled here from a variety of interesting angles.\"--Louise Newman, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Women's Rights: Racial Origins of Feminism in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Taking the Long View of Election 2008 \/ Liette Gidlow  Part I. Representations: Is Hillary Man Enough? Is Barack Black Enough? Is Michelle the New Jacqueline Kennedy?  1: Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Race Question, and the \"Masculine Mystique\" \/ Kathryn Kish Sklar; 2: Barack Obama and the Politics of Anger \/ Tiffany Patterson; 3: Michelle Obama, the Media Circus, and America's Racial Obsession \/ Mitch Kachun  Part II. Historical Precedents, or How Election 2008 Began Before the Civil War  4: The 2008 Election, Black Women's Politics, and the Long Civil Rights Movement \/ Glenda Gilmore; 5: The Forgotten Legacy of Shirley Chisholm: Race v. Gender in the 2008 Democratic Primaries \/ Tera W. Hunter; 6: Hillary Clinton's Candidacy in Historical and Global Context \/ Susan Hartmann; 7: Defining a Maverick: Putting Palin in the Context of Western Women's Political History \/ Melanie Gustafson; 8: Populist Currents in the 2008 Presidential Campaign \/ Ronald Formisano  Part III. Unintended Legacies: Democracy Undermined, Feminism Redefined  9: Obama 2.0: Farewell to the Federal Campaign Finance System and the Secret Ballot? \/ Paula Baker; 10: Political Feminism and the Problem of Sarah Palin \/ Catherine Rymph  Conclusion: The Difference that \"Difference\" Makes \/ Elisabeth I. Perry  Historical Timeline; Contributors","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400492228951,"sku":"9780252078309","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/obama-clinton-palin-9780252078309","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}