Obama and Kenya. Matthew Carotenuto

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      Obama and Kenya

       Ohio University Research in International Studies

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      Obama and Kenya

      CONTESTED HISTORIES AND THE POLITICS OF BELONGING

      Matthew Carotenuto and Katherine Luongo

      Ohio University Research in International Studies

      Global and Comparative Studies Series No. 15

      Ohio University Press

      Athens

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Carotenuto, Matthew, author. | Luongo, Katherine, 1975– author.

      Title: Obama and Kenya : contested histories and the politics of belonging / Matthew Carotenuto and Katherine Luongo.

      Description: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2016. | Series: Ohio University research in international studies, global and comparative studies series ; no. 15 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2016006262| ISBN 9780896802995 (hc : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780896803008 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780896804920 (pdf)

      Subjects: LCSH: United States—Relations—Kenya. | Kenya—Relations—United States. | Obama, Barack—Family. | United States—Politics and government—2009– | Kenya—Politics and government—2002– | Group identity—Kenya.

      Classification: LCC E183.8.K4 C37 2016 | DDC 327.7306762—dc23

      LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016006262

       To Mama Ethan and Marie and Mary Ann

       Contents

       List of Illustrations

       Acknowledgments

       Abbreviations

       Time Line: Charting the Obama and Kenya Story

       Introduction: Obama and Kenya in the Classroom

       PART I: OBAMA AND KENYA

       CHAPTER 1. Discovering Obama in Kenya

       CHAPTER 2. Representations of Kenya: Myth and Reality

       CHAPTER 3. The Obama Family: Ethnicity and the Politics of Belonging in Kenya

       PART II: CONTESTED HISTORIES AND THE POLITICS OF BELONGING

       CHAPTER 4. The Politics of Condemnation: The American Right’s Reactions to Obama’s Roots in Kenya

       CHAPTER 5. The Politics of Celebration: Ethnic Grandeur and Obama’s Heroic Embrace

       CHAPTER 6. Political Violence and History at the Ballot Box

       CHAPTER 7. Obama for Africa or Africa for Obama?

       Epilogue: Tuko Pamoja: We Are Together

       Notes

       Glossary

       Bibliography

       Index

       Illustrations

       Maps

       1. Kenya

       2. Western Kenya

       Figures

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