Table of Contents

The Mechanized Gaze: Gender, Popular Culture, and the Presidency Puritan or Pit Bull: The Framing of Female Candidates at the National Level Colbert Nation: Gender, Late Night Television, and Candidate Humanization Soccer Moms, Hockey Moms, National Security Moms: Reality vs. Fiction and the Female Voter Fact or Fiction: The Reality of Race and Gender in Reaching the White House Gendering the Presidency without Gender in the Presidency It's a Man's World: Manhood and Masculinity in Popular Culture Portrayals of the American Presidency Sitting with Oprah, Dancing with Ellen: Presidents, Daytime Television, and Soft News The Checkout Line Perspective: Tabloids, Entertainment Publications, and the Integration of Presidential Politics into Celebrity Popular Culture Viral Videos: Reinforcing Stereotypes of Female Candidates for President High Culture, Popular Culture, and the Modern First Ladies The First Family: Transforming the American Ideal The Presidential Partnership: Masculine President, Feminine Spouse

About the Author

Dominic J. Capeci, Jr., professor of history at Southwest Missouri State University, is the author of Layered Violence: The Detroit Rioters of 1943 and Race Relations in Wartime Detroit.

Reviews

"A cogent guide and a milepost for understanding the history of lynching in Missouri." -- Missouri Historical Review

"A creatively conceptualized anatomy of a lynching. Capeci places the lynching of Cleo Wright within the context of the city of Sikeston, the state of Missouri, and the nation." -- Arvarh E. Strickland

"A meticulous and dynamic examination of a pivotal incident during the age of lynching." -- Journal of American History

"A painstaking and valuable study of these tragic events that confirms and extends the findings of other recent scholars of lynching." -- American Historical Review

"A valuable complement to broader-gauged scholarship, because Capeci constructed it so patiently and assiduously." -- Reviews in American History

"Capeci skillfully dissects the thoughts and actions of supporters and white opponents of the mob." -- Georgia Historical Quarterly

"Capeci touches on the social forces behind the attack and the reactions that followed." -- Booklist

"Capeci's account of a lynching in the small city of Sikeston, Missouri, in 1942 adds to a growing list of investigations into the relationship between mob justice and race relations." -- Choice

"Concludes that the Sikeston event contributed more to the subsequent history of civil rights and race relations than any other in the state.... A fascinating book packed with surprises." -- Richard S. Kirkendall

"For the first time, the U.S. Justice Department intervened in a lynching, although it failed to secure any indictments." -- Library Journal

"His extensive research, including interviews with survivors, is evident in his intricate and engrossing perspective, especially when describing the lynching and the bloodshed that led to it." -- Publishers Weekly

"Illustrates the national significance of Cleo Wright's murder." -- Southern Historian