The Presidential Elections of Trump and Bolsonaro, Whiteness, and the Nation

Vânia Penha-Lopes

doi:10.5771/9781793611314

Summary

The Presidential Elections of Trump and Bolsonaro, Whiteness, and the Nation is a sociological analysis of the similarities between the elections of Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, based on biographies, academic sources, newspaper, television, and reports published in the United States and Brazil between 2014 and 2021.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-1130-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-1131-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 240
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. Whiteness, White Privilege, and White Supremacy No access
2. Theoretical Considerations on the Idea of Nation No access
3. Social Media, Fake News, and Presidential Elections No access
4. Organization of the Book No access
5. Notes No access
1. “We the People”: Whiteness and the Foundation of the United States No access
2. “Go West, Young Man!”: Whiteness as Justification for National Expansion No access
3. The “Peculiar Institution”: Slavery, Emancipation, and Whiteness No access
4. The Great Immigration: When Europeans Were Not White No access
5. World War II and the Remaking of Whiteness No access
6. “To Secure These Rights”: Whiteness and the Quest for Civil Rights in the Twentieth Century No access
7. Becoming “Honorary Whites”: Asian Americans and White Latinos No access
8. Whiteness: From Post-Racial to White Nationalism No access
9. Notes No access
1. Terra Brasilis: European Colonialism and the Making of Brazil No access
2. The Inconfidentes: Race and Independence Aspirations No access
3. An Empire Is Born: Brazilian Independence No access
4. The Republic of the United States of Brazil and the Race Question No access
5. The Vargas Era and the Race Question (1930–1945) No access
6. Populism and Race (1945–1964) No access
7. The Military Dictatorship and Race (1964–1985) No access
8. The New Republic and Race (1985 to Present) No access
9. Notes No access
1. An Unconventional Candidate No access
2. A Candidate Is Born: Trump’s Presidential Campaign No access
3. “Savior” No access
4. Racial Tension No access
5. Misogyny No access
6. The Evangelical Connection No access
7. Jews and Israel No access
8. Notes No access
1. The Electoral College and Election Results No access
2. Characteristics of Trump Voters No access
3. Unraveling the White Vote: Racial Resentment, Region, and Authoritarianism No access
4. The Inauguration No access
5. Against Misogyny: The Women’s March No access
1. Before the “Myth”: Bolsonaro’s Insertion into Politics No access
2. Seeds of Discontent: Urban Unrest and a Turn to the Far Right No access
3. Impeachment No access
4. Bolsonaro’s Presidential Campaign No access
5. A Homophobic Stance No access
6. Misogyny No access
7. Racism No access
8. The Evangelical Connection No access
9. Jews and Israel No access
10. “A Stabbed Politician Is either Killed or Elected” No access
11. Notes No access
1. Presidential Elections, Brazilian Style No access
2. The Final Stretch No access
3. Election Results No access
4. Characteristics of Bolsonaro Voters No access
5. The Inauguration No access
6. Notes No access
1. Turnover in the Trump and Bolsonaro Governments No access
2. Summing Up No access
3. Note No access
Afterword No access Pages 193 - 198
References No access Pages 199 - 232
Index No access Pages 233 - 238
About the Author No access Pages 239 - 240