Section One: Identities and Body Politics -- Poetry in Motions (and Cocoa Butter): Discerning Michelle Obama's Body as a Site of Rhetorical Dissent and Performative Black Womanhood / Geraud Blanks -- Ain't She a First Lady?: Michelle Obama, Black Women's Narratives, and the Rhetoric of Identification / Sharoni Denise Little -- Finding the First Lady: The Construction and Negotiation of Michelle Obama's Identity / Leticia D. Williams -- Negotiated Respectability, the Looking Glass Self and Mrs. Michelle Obama / Ernestine A. W. Duncan and Khadijah O. Miller -- Michelle Obama's Impact on Contemporary Feminisms: A Critical Examination of the Intersectional Raced and Gendered Discourse of the First Lady / Diane Forbes Berthoud -- Reflection, Race, and Representation: Analyzing the Magic of Michelle Obama Effect with and for our Black Daughters / Shawntay Stocks, Sherella Cupid and Tahira Mahdi -- Section Two: Pursuits and Politics -- "When They Go Low, We Go High": Michelle Obama's Feminine Style Approach to Sexual Assault During the 2016 Election / James M. Schnoebelen and Sarah C. Dweik -- Visuality and the Pathetic First Lady / Stephanie Wideman -- United We Stand: Michelle Obama's Influence on Reframing the Narrative, Imagery and Discourse of Veterans and Military Families / Stormy P. Trotter -- #thanksMichelleObama: The Fight over Healthy School Lunches and Advocacy Work by the First Lady / Elizabeth Freund Malnati -- #TurnipForWhat: The On Fleek Persona of Michelle Obama / Erin F. Doss.
Summary:
"Michelle Obama intentionally defined her role and herself in ways that countered and complemented the images and works of previous First Ladies. This book explores the role of the first African-American First Lady, and considers her impending legacy on the American political landscape, and society."-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Race, representation, and American political institutions
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