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The Iconic Obama
The Iconic Obama
New book takes a look at Obama's candidacy and presidency through pop culture lens
As the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama has been a lens through which people worldwide have interpreted the politics, art, comics, and music present in their lives.
To examine this cultural phenomenon, University of Iowa graduate students Nicholas Yanes and Derrais Carter compiled and edited essays and interviews for The Iconic Obama, 2007-2009: Essays on Media Representations of the Candidate and New President, published this fall by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
This book presents a series of viewpoints that explore the widespread enthusiasm associated with Obama and the resulting implications for the study of popular culture. The essays in this collection focus on the buildup to the 2008 election as well as Obama's first year as president. The contributors represent a variety of scholarly standpoints, each adding a unique perspective on Obama's relationship to popular culture.
“The book is about understanding the capacity of people to create and unleash their own interpretations of our leaders,” says Carter, a doctoral student in American studies and Dean’s Graduate Research Fellow. “There is no one way to represent them. We do it through different lenses.”
http://now.uiowa.edu/2012/10/iconic-obama
New book takes a look at Obama's candidacy and presidency through pop culture lens
As the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama has been a lens through which people worldwide have interpreted the politics, art, comics, and music present in their lives.
To examine this cultural phenomenon, University of Iowa graduate students Nicholas Yanes and Derrais Carter compiled and edited essays and interviews for The Iconic Obama, 2007-2009: Essays on Media Representations of the Candidate and New President, published this fall by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
This book presents a series of viewpoints that explore the widespread enthusiasm associated with Obama and the resulting implications for the study of popular culture. The essays in this collection focus on the buildup to the 2008 election as well as Obama's first year as president. The contributors represent a variety of scholarly standpoints, each adding a unique perspective on Obama's relationship to popular culture.
“The book is about understanding the capacity of people to create and unleash their own interpretations of our leaders,” says Carter, a doctoral student in American studies and Dean’s Graduate Research Fellow. “There is no one way to represent them. We do it through different lenses.”
http://now.uiowa.edu/2012/10/iconic-obama