It was like a fever
Subtitle: storytelling in protest and politics
By: Francesca Polletta.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Storytelling -- Political aspects; Communication -- Political aspects; Politics and culture; Communication in folklore; Social movements; Protest movements
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why stories matter; title: "It was like a fever; title: " : why people protest; title: Strategy as metonymy : why activists choose the strategies they do; title: Stories and reasons : why deliberation is only sometimes democratic; title: Ways of knowing and stories worth telling : why casting oneself as a victim sometimes hurts the cause; title: Remembering Dr. King on the House and Senate floor : why movements have the impacts they do; title: Conclusion: Folk wisdom and scholarly tales.