Michelle Obama's Arms: Race, Respectability, and Class Privilege.
The debate on Michelle Obama's 'right to bare arms' illustrates that American cultural politics is far from 'post-racial'. Through reading 'Michelle O' as a body out of place, at once exoticized, fetishized, and affective, this article shows the continuing location of the First Lady as white as well...
| Published in: | Comparative American Studies Vol. 10; no. 2/3; pp. 226 - 239 |
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