Book contents
- Why Gender?
- Why Gender?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- A Prefatory Note
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Gender in Translation: Beyond Monolingualism
- Chapter 2 Gender and the Queer/Trans* Undercommons
- Chapter 3 Gender and the End of Biological Determinism
- Chapter 4 Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Colonialism
- Chapter 5 Posthuman Feminism and Gender Methodology
- Chapter 6 Gender, Sperm Troubles, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- Chapter 7 Gender, Capital, and Care
- Chapter 8 Aspiration Management: Gender, Race, Class, and the Child as Waste
- Chapter 9 Gender, Race and American National Identity: The First Black First Family
- Chapter 10 Gender and the Collective
- Chapter 11 Willfulness, Feminism, and the Gendering of Will
- Chapter 12 Gender and Emigré Political Thought: Hannah Arendt and Judith Shklar
- Chapter 13 Feminism and the Abomination of Violence: Gender Thought and Unthought
- Chapter 14 Trafficking, Prostitution, and Inequality: The Centrality of Gender
- Chapter 15 Gender, Revenge, Mutation, and War
- Chapter 16 Bed Peace and Gender Abnorms
- Index
- References
Chapter 9 - Gender, Race and American National Identity: The First Black First Family
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Book contents
- Why Gender?
- Why Gender?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- A Prefatory Note
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Gender in Translation: Beyond Monolingualism
- Chapter 2 Gender and the Queer/Trans* Undercommons
- Chapter 3 Gender and the End of Biological Determinism
- Chapter 4 Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Colonialism
- Chapter 5 Posthuman Feminism and Gender Methodology
- Chapter 6 Gender, Sperm Troubles, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- Chapter 7 Gender, Capital, and Care
- Chapter 8 Aspiration Management: Gender, Race, Class, and the Child as Waste
- Chapter 9 Gender, Race and American National Identity: The First Black First Family
- Chapter 10 Gender and the Collective
- Chapter 11 Willfulness, Feminism, and the Gendering of Will
- Chapter 12 Gender and Emigré Political Thought: Hannah Arendt and Judith Shklar
- Chapter 13 Feminism and the Abomination of Violence: Gender Thought and Unthought
- Chapter 14 Trafficking, Prostitution, and Inequality: The Centrality of Gender
- Chapter 15 Gender, Revenge, Mutation, and War
- Chapter 16 Bed Peace and Gender Abnorms
- Index
- References
Summary
Barack Obama’s election as the first African American President seemed to be a validation of the American Dream as well as a model of what others could achieve.1 Obama’s success suggests that an individual who holds fast to the values associated with the American Dream – hard work, commitment to family and fairness – can achieve an adequate standard of living and societal respect.
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