ETHNICITY AND THE 2008 ELECTIONS, AT THIS MOMENT, MID-MAY 2008

• Authors: Gerber David A.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The 2008 American election campaign witnessed the emergence of a symbolic and ideological conflict between traditional conceptions of race and ethnicity, characterized by exclusive categories and ethnic and racial hierarchies, and newer understandings, characterized by openness, hybridity, and cosmopolitanism. In his personal history and his refusal to define his identity in traditional ways, Barack Obama came to personify the emergence of the possibility of a post-racial and post-ethnic America, in which the mixing of peoples and cultures creates new possibilities for individual identities.

Keywords

EN

OBAMA BARACK; RACE AND ETHNICITY; US ELECTIONS (2008)

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego oraz Polska Akademia Umiejętności
• Journal: Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 3(133)
• Pages: 7-10
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Gerber David A.

• David A. Gerber, University at Buffalo, Department Chair, History, 546 Park Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA07747