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It was like a fever storytelling in protest and politics

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2006Description: xiv, 242 p. 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780226673769
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.543 23 PO-I
LOC classification:
  • GR72.3 .P65 2006
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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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.

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