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Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture
Kristina Horn Sheeler
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Description for Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture
Hardcover. Series: Presidential Rhetoric and Political Communication. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
What elements of American political and rhetorical culture block the imagining-and thus, the electing-of a woman as president? Examining both major-party and third-party campaigns by women, including the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, the authors of Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture identify the factors that limit electoral possibilities for women. Pundits have been predicting women's political ascendency for years. And yet, although the 2008 presidential campaign featured Hillary Clinton as an early frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination and Sarah Palin as the first female Republican vice-presidential nominee, no woman has yet held ... Read more
What elements of American political and rhetorical culture block the imagining-and thus, the electing-of a woman as president? Examining both major-party and third-party campaigns by women, including the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, the authors of Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture identify the factors that limit electoral possibilities for women. Pundits have been predicting women's political ascendency for years. And yet, although the 2008 presidential campaign featured Hillary Clinton as an early frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination and Sarah Palin as the first female Republican vice-presidential nominee, no woman has yet held ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Presidential Rhetoric and Political Communication
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781603449830
SKU
V9781603449830
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About Kristina Horn Sheeler
Kristina Horn Sheeler, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, coauthored Governing Codes: Gender, Metaphor, and Political Identity. Karrin Vasby Anderson is an associate professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University in Fort Collins and coauthor of Governing Codes: Gender, Metaphor, and Political Identity.
Reviews for Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture
Woman President is the first book to provide a cogent explanation of why a woman has yet to be elected president of the United States. With a lively and fast-paced writing style, the authors engage their readers in a theoretical discussion confronting 'a rhetoric of postfeminism' that has worked against women winning the White House, especially when women hold the ... Read more