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It was like a fever : storytelling in protest and politics
- Title
- It was like a fever : storytelling in protest and politics / Francesca Polletta.
- Author
- Polletta, Francesca
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 242 p.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-6868
- ISBN
- 0226673758 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226673766 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005027015
- 9780226673752
- 9780226673769
- OCLC
- 61704713
- Author
- Polletta, Francesca.
- Title
- It was like a fever : storytelling in protest and politics / Francesca Polletta.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-230) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 97802266737529780226673769
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-6868