TY - BOOK AU - Dombrink,John TI - The twilight of social conservatism: American culture wars in the Obama era SN - 9780814771365 AV - HN90.M6 D653 2015eb U1 - 306.0973 23 PY - 2015///] CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - Social values KW - United States KW - Culture conflict KW - Conservatism KW - Politics and culture KW - Christianity and culture KW - Valeurs sociales KW - États-Unis KW - Conflit culturel KW - Conservatisme KW - Politique et culture KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Cultural Policy KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - Popular Culture KW - fast KW - Politics and government KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Liberalization and backlash in the Obama era -- Anger and resentment anew : Tea parties and the Obama backlash -- Marriage equality : America and the new normal -- After Falwell : shifts and continuities in the culture war and the role of religion in America -- Vota tus valores? : the culture war in a diversifying America -- Campaign 2012 : of plutocrats, rape, and the ascendant majority? -- Whither the culture war? : the unwedging of old frames N2 - Despite many Americans' triumphant proclamations that Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 elections signified a post-partisan, post-racial society, it seems that the United States is more divided than ever. From the rise of the Tea Party, to strident anti-immigration and anti-welfare movements, to the so-called "war on women", the United States on its surface appears to be caught in the turmoil of a culture war that has not relented since the Reagan era. But, as John Dombrink writes in The Twilight of Social Conservatism, the conservative backlash seen during Obama's presidency is indicative not of a UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1020807 ER -