It was like a fever : storytelling in protest and politics / Francesca Polletta.
Activists and politicians have long recognized the power of a good story to move people to action. In early 1960 four black college students sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave. Within a month sit-ins spread to thirty cities in seven states. St...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press,
2006.
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| Summary: | Activists and politicians have long recognized the power of a good story to move people to action. In early 1960 four black college students sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave. Within a month sit-ins spread to thirty cities in seven states. Student participants told stories of impulsive, spontaneous action--this despite all the planning that had gone into the sit-ins. "It was like a fever," they said. Francesca Polletta's It Was Like a Fever sets out to account for the power of storytelling in mobilizing political and social movements |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-230) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226673776 0226673774 0226673758 9780226673752 128267921X 9781282679214 9786612679216 6612679212 |