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It was like a fever : storytelling in protest and politics /

Activists 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. St...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Polletta, Francesca
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Activists 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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-230) and index.
ISBN:9780226673776
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