Mazama, A: Barack Obama

Mazama and Asante explore the Obama era-the confluence of the political, technological, social, economic, and religious dimensions of Obama's campaign, election, and presidency.

The Barack Obama Phenomenon: Politics, Symbol, and Reality - Ama Mazama and Molefi Kete AsantePART ONE: SEE HOW BARACK OBAMA RAN: THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRESIDENCYDeracializing Obama: White Voters and the 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate Race - David. J. Andersen and Jane JunnSouthern Strategy 2.0: Conservatives, White Voters, and the Election of Barack Obama - Thomas EdgeTurning Out the Center: Racial Politics and African Agency in the Obama Era - Phillip S. Howard An Immigrant¿s Dream and the Audacity of Hope: The 2004 Convention Addresses of Barack Obama and Arnold Schwarzenegger - Babak Elahi and Grant Cos PartPART TWO: THE ICONIC OBAMA: CONTROLLING THE IDENTITY OF A PRESIDENTObama's Political Philosophy: Pragmatism, Politics, and the University of Chicago - Bart SchultzBarack Obama and the Politics of Blackness - Ron WaltersBarack Obama's Faustian Bargain and the Fight for America's Racial Soul - Christopher J. Metzler PART THREE: THE LESSONS OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONFacing Barack Hussein Obama: Race, Globalization, and Transnational America - Radhika Parameswaran The Audacity of Hope - Dewey ClaytonObama and the White Vote - Todd Donovan PartPART FOUR: THE LIMITS OF GOVERNANCE IN OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATIONObama: The New Contours of Power - Jerry Harris and Carl DavidsonBarack Obama and the Dilemma of Power: An Africological Observation - Molefi Kete Asante Obama's Whiteness - Shawn Michelle Smith Perceptions of Leadership and the Challenge of Obama's Blackness - Charlton D. McIlwainBarack Obama and the Politics of Race: The Myth of Postracism in America - Martell Teasley and David IkardThe Reality of American Life Has Strayed From its Myths: Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope and the Discourse of the American Reclamation Jeremiad - Willie J. Harrell, Jr.