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Author Polletta, Francesca.

Title It was like a fever [electronic resource] : storytelling in protest and politics / Francesca Polletta.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 242 p.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Storytelling -- Political aspects.
Communication -- Political aspects.
Politics and culture.
Communication in folklore.
Social movements.
Protest movements.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0226673758 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226673766 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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