Woman president : confronting postfeminist political culture

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Label

Woman president : confronting postfeminist political culture

Title remainder

confronting postfeminist political culture

Statement of responsibility

Kristina Horn Sheeler and Karrin Vasby Anderson

Creator

• Sheeler, Kristina Horn, 1965-

Contributor

• Anderson, Karrin Vasby

Author

• Anderson, Karrin Vasby
• Sheeler, Kristina Horn, 1965-

Subject

• Mass media and women -- United States
• Palin, Sarah, 1964-
• Presidents -- United States -- Election -- Case studies
• Sex discrimination against women -- United States
• Women presidential candidates -- United States
• Women presidents -- United States
• Clinton, Hillary Rodham
• Feminism and mass media -- United States
• Gender mainstreaming -- United States

Genre

• trueCase studies

Language

eng

Summary

"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 either of the top two offices. The reasons for this are complex and varied, but the authors assert that the question certainly encompasses more than the shortcomings of women candidates or the demands of the particular political moment. Instead, the authors identify a pernicious backlash against women presidential candidates--one that is expressed in both political and popular culture. In Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture, Kristina Horn Sheeler and Karrin Vasby Anderson provide a discussion of US presidentiality as a unique rhetorical role. Within that framework, they review women's historical and contemporary presidential bids, placing special emphasis on the 2008 campaign. They also consider how presidentiality is framed in candidate oratory, campaign journalism, film and television, digital media, and political parody."--Back cover

Member of

• Presidential rhetoric and political communication, no. 22

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

306.20820973

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Presidential rhetoric and political communication

Series volume

number 22