Obama's race : the 2008 election and the dream of a post-racial America / Michael Tesler and David O. Sears.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Chicago studies in American politics.
Main Author: Tesler, Michael
Other Authors: Sears, David O.
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Series:Chicago studies in American politics.
Subjects:
Obama, Barack.
Presidents > United States > Election > 2008.
Post-racialism > United States.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
Physical Description:viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Obama as post-racial?
  • Background: race in presidential elections
  • Racialized momentum: the two sides of racialization in the primaries
  • The general election: the two sides of racialization and short-term political dynamics
  • The spillover of racialization
  • The racialized voting patterns of racial and ethnic minorities
  • The paradox of gender traditionalists' support for Hillary Clinton
  • Beyond black and white: Obama as "other"
  • Is the Obama presidency post-racial?: evidence from his first year in office.