LEADER 04010nam 22007334a 450 001 9910459188503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-67921-X 010 $a9786612679216 010 $a0-226-67377-4 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226673776 035 $a(CKB)2670000000033506 035 $a(EBL)557578 035 $a(OCoLC)648759799 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000421228 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11315492 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421228 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10412659 035 $a(PQKB)11291433 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557578 035 $a(DE-B1597)524990 035 $a(OCoLC)1135563518 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226673776 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557578 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402618 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL267921 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000033506 100 $a20050915d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIt was like a fever$b[electronic resource] $estorytelling in protest and politics /$fFrancesca Polletta 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-67375-8 311 $a0-226-67376-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-230) and index. 327 $aWhy 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. 330 $aActivists 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. Drawing on cases ranging from sixteenth-century tax revolts to contemporary debates about the future of the World Trade Center site, Polletta argues that stories are politically effective not when they have clear moral messages, but when they have complex, often ambiguous ones. The openness of stories to interpretation has allowed disadvantaged groups, in particular, to gain a hearing for new needs and to forge surprising political alliances. But popular beliefs in America about storytelling as a genre have also hurt those challenging the status quo. A rich analysis of storytelling in courtrooms, newsrooms, public forums, and the United States Congress, It Was Like a Fever offers provocative new insights into the dynamics of culture and contention. 606 $aStorytelling$xPolitical aspects 606 $aCommunication$xPolitical aspects 606 $aPolitics and culture 606 $aCommunication in folklore 606 $aSocial movements 606 $aProtest movements 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStorytelling$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aCommunication$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aPolitics and culture. 615 0$aCommunication in folklore. 615 0$aSocial movements. 615 0$aProtest movements. 676 $a808.5/43 700 $aPolletta$b Francesca$0628045 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459188503321 996 $aIt was like a fever$91229835 997 $aUNINA