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At Last …?: Michelle Obama, beyonce, race & history / Griffin, Farah Jasmine

Griffin, Farah Jasmine	Journal Article
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2011.

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In this essay, Griffin brings to the fore two extraordinary black women of our age: First Lady Michelle Obama and entertainment mogul Beyonce Knowles. Both women signify change in race relations in America, yet both reveal that the history of racial inequality in this country is far from over. As an Ivy League-educated descendent of slaves, Michelle Obama is not just unfamiliar to the mainstream media and the Washington political scene; during the 2008 presidential campaign, she was vilified as angry and unpatriotic. Beyonce, who controls the direction of her career in a way that pioneering black women entertainers could not, has nonetheless styled herself in ways that recall the distinct racial history of the Creole South. Griffin considers how Michelle Obama's and Beyonce's use of their respective family histories and ancestry has bolstered or diminished their popular appeal.

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America ; Racial History ; Michelle Obama ; Black Women ; First Lady

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Construction of gender and national identity in Turkey: images of the first lady in the Turkish media (2002-7) / Cinar, Meral Ugur

Cinar, Meral Ugur	Journal Article
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2014.

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This article analyses the conception of womanhood and nationhood in Turkey through images of the First Lady in the media. It demonstrates that while there is a struggle between the secularist and Islamist media on issues such as Turkish national identity and public visibility, the secularist and Islamist discourses overlap when it comes to gender roles. In both cases, the private sphere is designated as the primary domain of women and the agency of women in the public sphere is limited by the symbolic duties they are expected to perform in accordance with the national imaginary.

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Turkey ; Nationhood ; Turkish National Identity ; First Lady ; Womanhood

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