Edited by Heather E. Harris and Kimberly R. Moffitt - Contributions by Geraud Blanks; Sherella Cupid; Erin F. Doss; Ernestine A. W. Duncan; Sarah C. Dweik; Diane Forbes Berthoud; Sharoni Denise Little; Tahira Chloe Mahdi; Elizabeth Freand Malnati; Khadija

1.Poetry in Motions (and Cocoa Butter): Discerning Michelle Obama's Body as a Site of Rhetorical Dissent and Performative Black Womanhood

Geraud Blanks

[...]'t She a First Lady?: Michelle Obama, Black Women's Narratives, and the Rhetoric

of Identification

Sharoni Denise Little

3.Finding the First Lady: The Construction and Negotiation of Michelle Obama's Identity

Leticia D. Williams

4.Negotiated Respectability, the Looking Glass Self and Mrs. Michelle Obama

Ernestine A. W. Duncan and Khadijah O. Miller

5.Michelle Obama's Impact on Contemporary Feminisms: A Critical Examination of

the Intersectional Raced and Gendered Discourse of the First Lady

Diane Forbes Berthoud

6.Reflection, Race, and Representation: Analyzing the Magic of Michelle Obama Effect with and for our Black Daughters

Shawntay Stocks, Sherella Cupid and Tahira Mahdi

7."When They Go Low, We Go High": Michelle Obama's Feminine Style Approach to Sexual Assault During the 2016 Election

James M. Schnoebelen and Sarah C. Dweik

8.Visuality and the Pathetic First Lady

Stephanie Wideman

9.United We Stand: Michelle Obama's Influence on Reframing the Narrative, Imagery and Discourse of Veterans and Military Families

Stormy P. Trotter

10.#thanksMichelleObama: The Fight over Healthy School Lunches and Advocacy Work by the First Lady

Elizabeth Freund Malnati

11.#TurnipForWhat: The On Fleek Persona of Michelle Obama

Erin F. Doss