It was like a fever : storytelling in protest and politics / / Francesca Polletta.
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| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 242 p. |
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Table of 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.