It was like a fever storytelling in protest and politics /

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Main Author: Polletta, Francesca
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.