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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Justin S Vaughn; Lilly J Goren |
| ISBN: | 9780813141015 081314101X 9780813141022 0813141028 9780813141039 0813141036 |
| OCLC Number: | 788282192 |
| Description: | 324 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The mechanized gaze: gender, popular culture, and the presidency / Justin S. Vaughn and Lilly J. Goren -- Puritan or pit bull: the framing of female candidates at the national level / Linda Beail and Rhonda Kinney Longworth -- Colbert nation: gender, late-night television, and candidate humanization / Mary McHugh -- Soccer moms, hockey moms, national security moms: reality versus fiction and the female voter / Chapman Rackaway -- Fact or fiction: the reality of race and gender in reaching the White House / Lilly J. Goren -- Gendering the presidency without gender in the presidency / Joseph E. Uscinski -- It's a man's world: masculinity in pop culture portrayals of the president / Justin S. Vaughn and Stacy Michaelson -- Sitting with Oprah, dancing with Ellen: presidents, daytime television, and soft news / Jose D. Villalobos -- The checkout line perspective: presidential politics as celebrity popular culture in People / Elizabeth Fish Hatfield -- Viral videos: reinforcing stereotypes of female candidates for president / Todd L. Belt -- High culture, popular culture, and the modern first ladies / MaryAnn Borrelli -- The first family: transforming the American ideal / Melissa Buis Michaux -- The presidental partnership: a gender seesaw / Karen S. Hoffman. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Justin S. Vaughn and Lilly J. Goren. |
Abstract:
"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 Kisses for My President (1964), Air Force One (1997), and Commander in Chief (2005). With its strong, multidisciplinary approach, Women and the White House commences a wider discussion about the possibility of a female president in the United States, the ways in which popular perceptions of gender will impact her leadership, and the cultural challenges she will face."--Publisher's website.
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