Barack Obama is Brazilian: (Re)Signifying Race Relations in Contemporary Brazil - 9781137594808

This book examines US President Barack ObamaÆs characterizations in the Brazilian media, with a specific focus on political cartoons and internet memes. Brazilians celebrate their country as a racial democracy; thus the US works as its nemesis. The rise of a black president to the office of the most prominent country in the global, political, and economic landscape led some analysts to postulate that the US was living in a post-racial era. President ObamaÆs election also had a tremendous impact on the imaginary of the African Diaspora, and this volume investigates how the election of the first black US president complicates BraziliansÆ own racial discourses. By focusing on three eventsùBarack Obama's election in 2008, his visit to Brazil in March 2011, and the aftermath of the US espionage on the Brazilian government in 2013ùEmanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte analyzes Barack Obama's shifting portrayals that confirm and challenge Brazilian racial conceptions projected upon his figure.

• | Author: Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Nov 29, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1137594802
• | ISBN-13: 9781137594808