Rethinking Obama

• Other Authors: Go, Julian, 1970-
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
• Series: Political power and social theory, v. 22
• Subjects: Obama, Barack.; Social Science > Discrimination & Race Relations.; Social Science > Ethnic Studies > General.; Social Science > Sociology of Religion.; Social groups.; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects.; Power (Social sciences); Political sociology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 258 p.) : ill.
• ISBN: 9780857249128 (electronic bk.) :
• ISSN: 0198-8719 ;

This volume of "Political Power and Social Theory" includes a selection of papers exploring Obama and the Politics of Race & Religion. Chapters examine the complex dynamics of race relations and racial meaning in America under the Obama administration. The "Scholarly Controversies" section features a debate on Obama and religion in the United States. This volume will be among the first to critically assess the meanings of race and religion in America under the Obama administration, featuring controversial chapters by Phil Gorksi of Yale University and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva of Duke University, among others.