Trumping politics as usual : masculinity, misogyny, and the 2016 elections /
In many elections, candidates frame their appeals in gendered ways - they compete, for instance, over who is more 'masculine.' In the 2016 presidential election, however, the choice between the first major-party female candidate and a man who exhibited a persistent pattern of misogyny made...
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In many elections, candidates frame their appeals in gendered ways - they compete, for instance, over who is more 'masculine.' In the 2016 presidential election, however, the choice between the first major-party female candidate and a man who exhibited a persistent pattern of misogyny made gender more prominent than in any previous election in the United States. This text explores how the Trump and Clinton campaigns used gender as a political weapon, and how the presidential race changed the ways in which House and Senate campaigns were waged in 2016 and 2018. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2019. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190065867 0190065869 9780190065843 0190065842 9780190065850 0190065850 |