The making of Barack Obama : the politics of persuasion /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Abraham, Matthew, 1972- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Anderson, South Carolina : Parlor Press, [2013]
Subjects:	Obama, Barack > Oratory. Obama, Barack > Language. Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History > 21st century. Communication in politics > United States > History > 21st century. United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.

Table of Contents:

The rhetorical constraints limiting President Obama's domestic policy advocacy / Robert C. Rowland
"Yes, we can!": Identification and the invitation to collective identity in Barack Obama's campaign rhetoric / Courtney Jue
Appointments and disappointments: a rhetorical analysis of the relationship between President Obama, Catholics, and their church / John Jasso and Anthony Wachs
Barack Obama, Islam, and the discourses of American racial belonging / Steven Salaita
The new cultural politics of Obama: race, politics and unity in Obama's "a more perfect union" / Erec Smith
Obama's West Point address: the symbolic construction of policy and authority / Michael Kleine
A few bad apples: Barack Obama's response to the Bush administration policy on torture / Richard Marback
The specter of nuestra América: Barack Obama, Latin America and the 2009 summit of the Americas / René Agustin de los Santos
Obama's Cairo speech: beyond the rhetoric and politics of "good Muslim, bad Muslim" / Matthew Abraham
Reflections on the making of Barack Obama / David A. Frank.