Obama, Clinton, Palin

Introduction: Taking the Long View of Election 2008 / Liette Gidlow Part I. Representations: Is Hillary Man Enough? Is Barack Black Enough? Is Michelle the New Jacqueline Kennedy? 1: Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Race Question, and the ''Masculine Mystique'' / Kathryn Kish Sklar; 2: Barack Obama and the Politics of Anger / Tiffany Patterson; 3: Michelle Obama, the Media Circus, and America's Racial Obsession / Mitch Kachun Part II. Historical Precedents, or How Election 2008 Began Before the Civil War 4: The 2008 Election, Black Women's Politics, and the Long Civil Rights Movement / Glenda Gilmore; 5: The Forgotten Legacy of Shirley Chisholm: Race v. Gender in the 2008 Democratic Primaries / Tera W. Hunter; 6: Hillary Clinton's Candidacy in Historical and Global Context / Susan Hartmann; 7: Defining a Maverick: Putting Palin in the Context of Western Women's Political History / Melanie Gustafson; 8: Populist Currents in the 2008 Presidential Campaign / Ronald Formisano Part III. Unintended Legacies: Democracy Undermined, Feminism Redefined 9: Obama 2.0: Farewell to the Federal Campaign Finance System and the Secret Ballot? / Paula Baker; 10: Political Feminism and the Problem of Sarah Palin / Catherine Rymph Conclusion: The Difference that ''Difference'' Makes / Elisabeth I. Perry Historical Timeline; Contributors

''This readable collection brings together a distinguished group of scholars to offer reflections that place the galvanizing candidacies of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin in historical perspective.''--Eileen Boris, coeditor of Intimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies, and the Politics of Care''These stimulating essays draw meaning from the 2008 campaigns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin at a critical juncture in U.S. history--a topic worthy of serious reflection and tackled here from a variety of interesting angles.''--Louise Newman, author of White Women's Rights: Racial Origins of Feminism in the United States