Scarlet-Letter Politics
The Rhetoric of Shame in the Campaign to Unseat President Barack Hussein Obama
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5282097 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Myra Mendible |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic studies review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1555-1881 • E-ISSN: 2576-2915 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/esr.2012.35.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2766076445 |
| Language | EN |
This essay considers the politics of racial shaming as deployed against Barack Obama, arguing that it targeted "black" and "foreign" bodies as threats to the "American" body politic
Body politic · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Shame · Sociology · Theology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |