It was like a fever : storytelling in protest and politics / Francesca Polletta.

Author
Polletta, Francesca [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Description
xiv, 242 pages ; 23 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-230) and index.
    Contents
    • Why stories matter
    • "It was like a fever--" : why people protest
    • Strategy as metonymy : why activists choose the strategies they do
    • Stories and reasons : why deliberation is only sometimes democratic
    • Ways of knowing and stories worth telling : why casting oneself as a victim sometimes hurts the cause
    • Remembering Dr. King on the House and Senate floor : why movements have the impacts they do
    • Conclusion: folk wisdom and scholarly tales.
    ISBN
    • 0226673758 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780226673752 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0226673766 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780226673769 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2005027015
    OCLC
    61704713
    International Article Number
    • 9780226673769
    • 9780226673752
    Other standard number
    • 99941397976
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