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In the fourth instalment of Texts in the City, Jenny Niven speaks to American Studies academic Glenn Moore about Barack Obama’s 1995 book Dreams from My Father.

They discuss themes of race, identity and social class in the book, interpreting Obama’s vision of the American dream and exploring how the US President does and doesn’t fit the category of ‘African American’.

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01 Apr 2011

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