The Obamas and Mass Media: Race, Gender, Religion, and Politics

by Jannette L. Dates, Mia Moody-Ramirez, Jannette Dates

Using the cultural prism of race, this book critically examines the images of African Americans that exist in media of the twenty-first century. Further, the authors assess the ways in which media focused on gender, religion, and politics in framing perceptions of the President and First Lady of the United States during the Obama administration. The text draws on a wide range of textual and critical strategies to interpret, criticize, and deconstruct...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137404922
• ISBN13: 9781137404923
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"