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The performance of politics : Obama's victory and the democratic struggle for power /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Presidents > United States > Election > 2008.
Obama, Barack.
Performance art > Political aspects > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
Table of Contents:
  • Power, performance, and representation
  • Civil sphere and public drama
  • Becoming a collective representation
  • Spirit of the ground game
  • Heroes, binaries, and boundaries
  • Imagining heroes
  • Working the binaries
  • Walking the boundaries
  • Victory and defeat
  • Celebrity metaphor
  • Palin effect
  • Financial crisis.