Barack Obama
Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on Jan 20, 2009. The son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas, he is the first African-American to ascend to the highest office in the land。
In the history of America, no politician has so thoroughly saturated the vast stretches of the semiotic imagination as Obama. From posters to shoes to comics to dolls to T-shirts, Obama’s image has now come to represent not just Obama but also every value his supporters imagine he stands for. “Barack Obama” is no longer a man. It is an icon。
Best quote: “We are the ones we have been waiting for?!?/P>
巴拉克·奧巴馬
巴拉克·奧巴馬于2009年1月20日宣誓就職,成為第44屆美國總統。他的父親是一位來自肯尼亞的黑人,母親是來自堪薩斯州的白人,他是第一位登上美國最高權力寶座的非裔美國人?!?/P>
在美國歷史上,還沒有哪個政治家能像奧巴馬一樣承載了人們如此豐富的想象,集各種符號于一身。從海報到鞋子,從漫畫到玩偶再到T恤衫,奧巴馬的形象無處不在,他已經不只是代表他本人,而是代表著他的支持者所想象的他所代表的一切價值。“巴拉克·奧巴馬”已經不再是一個人。他成了一個象征。
著名言論:“我們就是我們一直在期盼的救世主!”