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Author:   Nicholas A. Yanes ,  Derrais Carter
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9780786446025

ISBN 10:   0786446021
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   14 June 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction DERRAIS CARTER      ONE—Forging a Brand: Introducing Obama-Mania Popular Culture in the Age of Obama ANGELA NELSON      The Modern E Pluribus Unum Man: How Obama Constructed His American Identity from His Global Background ETSE SIKANKU AND NICHOLAS A. YANES      Myth, Symbol, and the Branding of an American Presidency PATRICK B. ORAY      TWO—Film and Television: Change Televised Character-in-Chief: Barack Obama and His Pop Culture Predecessors JUSTIN S. VAUGHN      Barack Obama or B. Hussein? The Post-Racial Debate in Boston Legal JENNY BANH      THREE—Hip-Hop Culture: Remixed Response to Obama’s Popularity “The Audacity of Dope”: Rap Music, Race, and the Obama Presidency TRAVIS L. GOSA      The Politics of Tagging: Shepard Fairey’s Obama ERIKA SCHNEIDER      FOUR—Comic Books: Obama’s Popularity and the Original Superhero Medium Obama and Spider-Man: A Meta-Data Media Analysis of an Unlikely Pairing ROBERT G. WEINER AND SHELLEY E. BARBA      Comics and Politics: An Interview with Larry Hama, Creator of Barack the Barbarian NICHOLAS A. YANES      FIVE—News Media and New Media: The Impact of Presidential News Politics and Digital Social Networks Change That Couldn’t Happen: News Media’s Commitment to Hegemonic Masculinity through Collective Memory in the 2008 Presidential Election ROBERT E. GUTSCHE, JR., JAMES CARVIOU, AND RAUF ARIF      The President Speaks to America’s Schoolchildren: Outline of a Brouhaha JOHN T. “JACK” BECKER      Obama Jungle Fever: Interracial Desire on the Campaign Trail CAROLINE A. STREETER      How to Understand Obama’s Election News Coverage: An Interview with Daniel Berkowitz NICHOLAS A. YANES, WITH DERRAIS CARTER AND ROBERT E. GUTSCHE, JR.      New Media’s Impact on Elections: An Interview with Obama Girl Creator Ben Relles JAMES CARVIOU      SIX—International Responses: Obama’s Popularity Goes Global Obama for Obama: Barack Obama in Japanese Popular Culture YUYA KIUCHI      Obama-Mania in Turkey: Popular Culture and the Forty-Fourth President of the United States in a Secular Muslim Nation ZAFER PARLAK AND TANFER EMIN TUNC      France’s News Media and Obama’s French Popularity: Interview with Sébastian Compagnon NICHOLAS A. YANES      Conclusion: What Happened to Obama-Mania? NICHOLAS A. YANES      Appendix: A Bibliography of Obama in Comics NICHOLAS A. YANES      About the Contributors      Index     

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fascinating text --Journal of American Culture; fascinating --American Studies; a well-done project --Journal of Communication Inquiry.

fascinating text --<i>Journal of American Culture</i>; fascinating --<i>American Studies</i>; a well-done project --<i>Journal of Communication Inquiry</i>.

"""fascinating text""--Journal of American Culture; ""fascinating""--American Studies; ""a well-done project""--Journal of Communication Inquiry."

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Nicholas A. Yanes examines the entertainment industry as an academic and corporate consultant. As a freelance writer he has contributed to CNBCPrime, Casual Connect, GameSauce, Sequart, MGM’s Stargate Command, and ScifiPulse. Derrais Carter is an American Studies doctoral candidate at The University of Iowa where he also teaches rhetoric. He has previously published essays on black masculinity and feminism. He lives in Iowa City, Iowa.

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