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It was like a fever storytelling in protest and politics
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Title
It was like a fever [electronic resource] : storytelling in protest and politics / Francesca Polletta.
ISBN
0226673758 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226673766 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Physical Description
xiv, 242 p. ; 23 cm.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
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.
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