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Women and the White House : Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics by Justin S. Vaughn; Lilly J. Goren; Linda Beail; Rhonda Kinney Longworth; Mary McHugh; Chapman Rackaway; Joseph Uscinski; Stacy Michaelson; Jose D. Villalobos; Elizabeth Hatfield; Todd L. Belt; Maryanne Borrelli; Melissa Michaux; Karen S. Hoffman is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<P>The president of the United States traditionally serves as a symbol of power, virtue, ability, dominance, popularity, and patriarchy. In recent years, however, the high-profile candidacies of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann have provoked new interest in gendered popular culture and how it influences Americans' perceptions of the country's highest political office. In this timely volume, editors Justin S. Vaughn and Lilly J. Goren lead a team of scholars in examining how the president and the first lady exist as a function of public expectations and cultural gender roles. The authors investigate how the candidates' messages are conveyed, altered, and interpreted in "hard" and "soft" media forums, from the nightly news to daytime talk shows, and from tabloids to the blogosphere. They also address the portrayal of the presidency in film and television productions such as <I>Kisses for My President</I> (1964), <I>Air Force One</I> (1997), and <I>Commander in Chief</I> (2005). With its strong, multidisciplinary approach,<I> Women and the White House</I> commences a wider discussion about the possibility of a female president in the United States, the ways in which

Author
Justin S. Vaughn; Lilly J. Goren; Linda Beail; Rhonda Kinney Longworth; Mary McHugh; Chapman Rackaway; Joseph Uscinski; Stacy Michaelson; Jose D. Villalobos; Elizabeth Hatfield; Todd L. Belt; Maryanne Borrelli; Melissa Michaux; Karen S. Hoffman
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9780813141015
Subjects
Science, Political Science, Gender Studies

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