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Book Title
Obama and Kenya
Publication Name
Obama and Kenya : Contested Histories and the Politics of Belonging
Title
Obama and Kenya
Subtitle
Contested Histories and the Politics of Belonging
Author
Matthew Carotenuto, Katherine Luongo
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
0896803007
EAN
9780896803008
ISBN
9780896803008
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Genre
History
Release Year
2016
Release Date
29/07/2016
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.8in
Item Length
8.5in
Series
Ohio Ris Global Ser.
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Number of Pages
264 Pages

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Barack Obama's political ascendancy has focused considerable global attention on the history of Kenya generally and the history of the Luo community particularly. From politicos populating the blogosphere and bookshelves in the U.S and Kenya, to tourists traipsing through Obama's ancestral home, a variety of groups have mobilized new readings of Kenya's past in service of their own ends. Through narratives placing Obama into a simplified, sweeping narrative of anticolonial barbarism and postcolonial "tribal" violence, the story of the United States president's nuanced relationship to Kenya has been lost amid stereotypical portrayals of Africa. At the same time, Kenyan state officials have aimed to weave Obama into the contested narrative of Kenyan nationhood. Matthew Carotenuto and Katherine Luongo argue that efforts to cast Obama as a "son of the soil" of the Lake Victoria basin invite insights into the politicized uses of Kenya's past. Ideal for classroom use and directed at a general readership interested in global affairs, Obama and Kenya offers an important counterpoint to the many popular but inaccurate texts about Kenya's history and Obama's place in it as well as focused, thematic analyses of contemporary debates about ethnic politics, "tribal" identities, postcolonial governance, and U.S. African relations.

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Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-10
0896803007
ISBN-13
9780896803008
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219541108

Product Key Features

Author
Matthew Carotenuto, Katherine Luongo
Publication Name
Obama and Kenya : Contested Histories and the Politics of Belonging
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Series
Ohio Ris Global Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
264 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz

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Series Volume Number
15
Lc Classification Number
E183.8.K4c37 2016
Reviews
"In the US, Barack Obama is African; in Africa, he is Kenyan; and in Kenya, he is Luo. ... Historians Carotenuto (St. Lawrence Univ.) and Luongo (Northeastern Univ.) emerge from the pages of this book as a dynamic academic duo as they glide through Kenya's colonial and postindependence periods.... This book also demonstrates that African studies is in good academic hands. Summing up: Recommended."--CHOICE, "This book ... represents a laudable attempt to confront distorted and false depictions of Obama and the Kenyan past and present that have appeared since 2008 in scholarly and nonscholarly works ... In a book that will be useful in American university classrooms and now even more among the general public as Obama is succeeded as chief executive by a long-time purveyor of the 'birther' myth, [Carotenuto and Luongo] effectively dismantle the many stereotypes and myths that have characterized writing about Obama and Kenya by right-wing ideologues outside Kenya."-- African Studies Review, "In the US, Barack Obama is African; in Africa, he is Kenyan; and in Kenya, he is Luo. ... Historians Carotenuto (St. Lawrence Univ.) and Luongo (Northeastern Univ.) emerge from the pages of this book as a dynamic academic duo as they glide through Kenya's colonial and postindependence periods.... This book also demonstrates that African studies is in good academic hands. Summing up: Recommended." --CHOICE
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
International Relations / General, General, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General, Social Psychology, World, World / African
Lccn
2016-006262
Dewey Decimal
327.7306762
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, History, Social Science, Political Science

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