Obama and Kenya contested histories and the politics of belonging

Part I. Obama and Kenya -- Discovering Obama in Kenya -- Representations of Kenya: myth and reality -- The Obama family: ethnicity and the politics of belonging in Kenya -- Part II. Contested histories and the politics of belonging -- The politics of condemnation: the American right's reactions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Carotenuto, Matthew, author (author), Luongo, Katherine, 1975- author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press [2016]
Colección:Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 15.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655435906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Obama and Kenya
  • Discovering Obama in Kenya
  • Representations of Kenya: myth and reality
  • The Obama family: ethnicity and the politics of belonging in Kenya
  • Part II. Contested histories and the politics of belonging
  • The politics of condemnation: the American right's reactions to Obama's roots in Kenya
  • The politics of celebration: ethnic grandeur and Obama's heroic embrace
  • Political violence and history at the ballot box
  • Obama for Africa or Africans for Obama?
  • Epilogue: Tuko Pamoja: we are together.