Barack Obama is Brazilian : (re)signifying race relations in contemporary Brazil /
This book examines 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 United States works as its nemesis. The rise of a black president to the offic...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
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| Summary: | This book examines 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 United States works as its nemesis. The rise of a black president to the office of the most prominent country in the global, political and economic landscape led some analysts to postulate that the United States was living in a post-racial era. President Obama's election also had a tremendous impact on the imaginary of the African Diaspora, and this volume investigates how the election of the first black president complicates Brazilians' own racial discourses. By focusing on three events, Barack Obama's election in 2008, his visit to Brazil in March 2011 and the aftermath of the US espionage on the Brazilian government in 2013, Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte analyzes Barack Obama's shifting portrayals that confirm and challenge Brazilian racial conceptions projected upon his figure. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137594808 1137594802 |