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The oral presidency of Barack Obama /

This book offers an examination of the signature weapon of Barack Obama's presidency, his speeches. It provides an in-depth, analytical look at the words of Barack Obama through the social and cultural contexts that made the content of his speeches timeless. The book draws on the oral tradition...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neal, Anthony W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:
Obama, Barack > Oratory.
Obama, Barack > Language.
Obama, Barack > Philosophy.
Obama, Barack.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
Communication in politics > United States > History > 21st century.
Discourse analysis > Political aspects > United States.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States.
United States > Race relations > 21st century.
African American politicians.
Table of Contents:
  • Conceptual framework
  • A clear and present black man
  • We are the ones: the 2008 Obama coalition
  • "Inevitable compromise": domestic policy part I
  • Domestic policy part I: inevitable compromise
  • A connotation of peace: Obama's first term foreign policy
  • History strikes twice: the 2012 reelection of President Barack Obama
  • The audacity to govern: domestic policy part II
  • The art of just war: Obama's second term foreign policy
  • The anti-Obama political complex
  • The passion of President Obama: last comments, remarks, and speeches
  • Epilogue as prologue: assessing the skinny kid with a funny name
  • Appendix: the twelve most significant speeches of Barack Obama.