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It was like a fever : storytelling in protest and politics / Francesca Polletta.
Author
Polletta, Francesca
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English
Published/Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Description
xiv, 242 pages ; 23 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
GR72.3 .P65 2006
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Subject(s)
Storytelling
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Political aspects
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Communication
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Political aspects
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Politics and culture
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Communication in folklore
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Social movements
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Protest movements
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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.
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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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