It was like a fever : storytelling in protest and politics /

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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Polletta, Francesca
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Storytelling > Political aspects.
Communication > Political aspects.
Politics and culture.
Communication in folklore.
Social movements.
Protest movements.
Social sciences.
Communication in folklore
Communication > Political aspects
Politics and culture
Protest movements
Social movements
Social sciences
Storytelling > Political aspects
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.

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