It was like a fever [electronic resource] : storytelling in protest and politics / Francesca Polletta.
By: Polletta, Francesca.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006Description: xiv, 242 p.Subject(s): Storytelling -- Political aspects | Communication -- Political aspects | Politics and culture | Communication in folklore | Social movements | Protest movementsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 808.5/43 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-230) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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