Riots in literature / / edited by David Bell and Gerald Porter

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars, 2008; Newcastle : , : Cambridge Scholars, , 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.93358
• Soggetto topico: Riots in literature; Social conflict in literature; Literature and history; Literature and society; Politics and literature
• Altri autori: BellDavid <1948-> PorterGerald <1946->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Riots in Literature addresses representations of crowd disorder as manifestations of popular politics, including colonial and postcolonial contexts. The terms used to describe disorder are themselves, of course, contested. Words like "mob," "demonstration" and "protest," not to mention "riot' itself, denote a particular perspective based on an elitist taxonomy for dealing with social and cultural phenomena in society. Of primary concern is the way in which the text describes and designates cr...
• Titolo autorizzato: Riots in literature
• ISBN: 1-282-33441-7; 9786612334412; 1-4438-1191-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821108503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II