What Obama Means - ...for Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future

Informationen zum Autor Jabari Asim is the author of the critically acclaimed The N Word . He is editor-in-chief of The Crisis —the magazine of the NAACP—and former editor at and frequent contributor to the Washington Post , and his writing has appeared on Salon and in Essence , the Los Angeles Times , and other publications. He divides his time between Maryland and Illinois with his wife and five children. Klappentext "This is our moment. This is our time," Barack Obama declared in his victory speech the night he was elected president. Such a moment is an opportunity to explore who we are, where we've been, and what the emergence of a leader like Obama can tell us about our culture, our politics, and our future. Jabari Asim provides the context needed to understand what the Obama presidency means to Americans of all backgrounds and shows that Obama's election is evidence of the progress that has been made in healing wounds and broadening America's concept of leadership and inspiration. Zusammenfassung “Provocative and compelling.”  — New York  Newsday   “Both entertaining and insightful.” — Washington Post Book World “It should be on the required reading list.”  — Chicago Sun-Times   What Obama Means by Jabari Asim, renowned cultural critic and author of The N Word, is a timely and sharp analysis of how the “Obama phenomenon” exhibits progress in American politics and society. A frequent guest and commentator on “The Colbert Report,” “The Today Show,” NPR’s “Diane Rehm Show” and many other media programs, Asim also examines how cultural and political forces led to the watershed 2008 presidential election while indicating what the election means for every American.

Product details

• Authors: Jabari Asim
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.01.2010
• EAN: 9780061711350
• ISBN: 978-0-06-171135-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, HISTORY: United States / State & Local / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / State, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Geopolitics, SCIENCE: History, HISTORY: Modern / 21st Century, HUMOR: Topic / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / African