Barack Obama is Brazilian (Re)Signifying Race Relations in Contemporary Brazil /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Oliveira-Monte, Emanuelle K. F. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Ethnology-Latin America.; Ethnicity.; Latin America-Politics and government.; Culture.; Communication.; Latin American Culture.; Ethnicity Studies.; Latin American Politics.; Global/International Culture.; Media and Communication.

This book examines US President Barack Obama's characterizations in the Brazilian media, with a specific focus on political cartoons and internet memes. Brazilians celebrate their country as a racial democracy; thus the US works as its nemesis. The rise of a black president to the office of the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Obama Dreams of Brazil: A Mulatto in the Land of Racial Democracy
• 3. Barack Obama Is Brazilian
• 4. Obama and Dilma In Love: Race and Gender In the Realm of Political Humor
• 5. "Our" Candidate Obama: Barack Obama In the Brazilian Elections
• 6. Conclusion.