The Audacity of Races and Genders: A Personal and Global Story of the Obama Election

In this exciting and insightful new work, Zillah Eisenstein engages the 2008 US presidential election as a site of new anti-imperialist possibility. Tracing the social and political presence of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Michelle and Barack Obama, the book's fast-paced critical analyses place the election in the context of the global economic crisis, the new positions of China and India, Islamic feminisms, and new secularisms. Illuminated by Eisenstein's distinctive style and personal narrative, The Audacity of Races and Genders challenges readers to always be looking for the "newly new", in order to create a politics of and for the globe.