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This book examines prominent women in the 2016 US presidential election-candidates, staffers, families, journalists, and organizers. The authors examine feminism, motherhood, voter expectations, the press, gender, race, class, and agency in this interdisciplinary work spanning political science, communication, and women's and gender studies.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Carly Fiorina and the Face of Postfeminism
Chapter 2: Hillary Clinton: Communicationg Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class
Chapter 3: Huma Who? Abedin's Incomplete Narrative that Creates Public Reality
Chapter 4: Kellyanne Conway: Magnifying or Mitigating Trump's Problem with Women?
Chapter 5: The Moral Conscience of the Nation: Michelle Obama and the 2016 Presidential Election
Chapter 6: Melania Trump: Slowly and Silently Moving into Her Unexpected Role
Chapter 7: The Princess sand the Politician: The Tale of Ivanka Trump and the 2016 Presidential Election
Chapter 8: Mothers of the Movement: Black Motherhood and the Political Power of Grief in the 2016 Presidential Election
Chapter 9: The Rhetorical Unburdening of Megyn Kelly: An Analysis of a FOX News Star, a Presidential Debate and a Muddle Brand of Feminism
About the author
Edited by Jennifer Schenk Sacco - Contributions by Rosa L. DeLauro; Nichola D. Gutgold; Kasey Clawson Hudak; Jessica D. Johnson Carew; Krista Jenkins; Alexandria Kile; Kristy King; Elizabeth J. Natalle; Jennifer Schenk Sacco; Beth Waggenspack and Molly Ya
