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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Polletta, Francesca
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Subjects:

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 b9645922
006 m o d
007 cr |||||||||||
008 100719s2006 ilu ob 001 0 eng d
005 20240126125653.0
010 |a  2005027015 
015 |a GBA624797  |2 bnb 
016 7 |z 013408426  |2 Uk 
016 7 |a 2005027015.  |2 Uk 
019 |a 619674595  |a 748605849  |a 764542419  |a 870406506  |a 961526776  |a 962570686  |a 974572648  |a 974613341  |a 988408266  |a 991959813  |a 992038797  |a 1018084845  |a 1037909922  |a 1038699989  |a 1041771275  |a 1045520872  |a 1047929190  |a 1055385952  |a 1058088175  |a 1064133509  |a 1065079354  |a 1081220342  |a 1100565377  |a 1101710871  |a 1108926255  |a 1110257245  |a 1113427630  |a 1119101515  |a 1148069178  |a 1156873253  |a 1162213141  |a 1297041296  |a 1412655637 
020 |a 9780226673776  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0226673774  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0226673758 
020 |a 9780226673752 
020 |a 128267921X 
020 |a 9781282679214 
020 |a 9786612679216 
020 |a 6612679212 
020 |z 0226673758  |q (cloth ;  |q alk. paper) 
020 |z 0226673766  |q (pbk. ;  |q alk. paper) 
020 |z 9780226673752  |q (cloth ;  |q alk. paper) 
020 |z 9780226673769  |q (pbk. ;  |q alk. paper) 
024 3 |a 9780226673752 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000051600750 
029 1 |a DEBBG  |b BV043145929 
029 1 |a DEBBG  |b BV044146033 
029 1 |a DEBSZ  |b 421709162 
029 1 |a DEBSZ  |b 430875398 
029 1 |a GBVCP  |b 746785828 
029 1 |a NZ1  |b 13866544 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000068771005 
035 |a (OCoLC)ebqac648759799 
035 |a (OCoLC)648759799  |z (OCoLC)619674595  |z (OCoLC)748605849  |z (OCoLC)764542419  |z (OCoLC)870406506  |z (OCoLC)961526776  |z (OCoLC)962570686  |z (OCoLC)974572648  |z (OCoLC)974613341  |z (OCoLC)988408266  |z (OCoLC)991959813  |z (OCoLC)992038797  |z (OCoLC)1018084845  |z (OCoLC)1037909922  |z (OCoLC)1038699989  |z (OCoLC)1041771275  |z (OCoLC)1045520872  |z (OCoLC)1047929190  |z (OCoLC)1055385952  |z (OCoLC)1058088175  |z (OCoLC)1064133509  |z (OCoLC)1065079354  |z (OCoLC)1081220342  |z (OCoLC)1100565377  |z (OCoLC)1101710871  |z (OCoLC)1108926255  |z (OCoLC)1110257245  |z (OCoLC)1113427630  |z (OCoLC)1119101515  |z (OCoLC)1148069178  |z (OCoLC)1156873253  |z (OCoLC)1162213141  |z (OCoLC)1297041296  |z (OCoLC)1412655637 
037 |a ebqac557578 
040 |a N$T  |b eng  |e pn  |c N$T  |d EBLCP  |d YDXCP  |d OCLCQ  |d MHW  |d E7B  |d OCLCQ  |d FVL  |d OCLCQ  |d CBT  |d GPM  |d OCLCQ  |d GPM  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCE  |d OCLCO  |d NLGGC  |d OCLCQ  |d DEBSZ  |d COO  |d OCLCQ  |d AZK  |d AGLDB  |d MOR  |d PIFAG  |d ZCU  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCA  |d WY@  |d OCLCO  |d U3W  |d LUE  |d STF  |d WRM  |d VTS  |d NRAMU  |d ICG  |d VT2  |d AU@  |d OCLCQ  |d WYU  |d DKC  |d OCLCA  |d OCLCQ  |d CEF  |d UX1  |d OCLCA  |d HS0  |d UWK  |d ADU  |d OCLCQ  |d UKCRE  |d YDX  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d M8D  |d OCLCO  |d LDP  |d CNNOR  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d PSYSI  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d SFB  |d INARC  |d OCLCQ 
042 |a dlr 
049 |a GWRE 
050 4 |a GR72.3  |b .P65 2006eb 
084 |a 05.19  |2 bcl 
084 |a MR 5600  |2 rvk 
100 1 |a Polletta, Francesca. 
245 1 0 |a It was like a fever :  |b storytelling in protest and politics /  |c Francesca Polletta. 
260 |a Chicago :  |b University of Chicago Press,  |c 2006. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-230) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a 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 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
546 |a English. 
650 0 |a Storytelling  |x Political aspects. 
650 0 |a Communication  |x Political aspects. 
650 0 |a Politics and culture. 
650 0 |a Communication in folklore. 
650 0 |a Social movements. 
650 0 |a Protest movements. 
650 0 |a Social sciences. 
650 7 |a Communication in folklore  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Communication  |x Political aspects  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Politics and culture  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Protest movements  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Social movements  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Social sciences  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Storytelling  |x Political aspects  |2 fast 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Polletta, Francesca.  |t It was like a fever.  |d Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006  |z 9780226673752  |w (DLC) 2005027015  |w (OCoLC)61704713 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucb/detail.action?docID=557578  |z Full Text (via ProQuest) 
915 |a - 
956 |a Ebook Central Academic Complete 
956 |b Ebook Central Academic Complete 
994 |a 92  |b COD 
998 |b WorldCat record encoding level change 
999 f f |i e4442eb7-73d2-593a-8e1c-acb7c0c09b64  |s 2185280a-356a-5804-a3be-5b635f2fe590 
952 f f |p Can circulate  |a University of Colorado Boulder  |b Online  |c Online  |d Online  |e GR72.3 .P65 2006eb  |h Library of Congress classification  |i web  |n 1