The Spectacle of History : Speech, Text, and Memory at the Iran-Contra Hearings /

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How is history produced? How do individuals write--or rewrite--their parts while engaged in the production of history? Michael Lynch and David Bogen take the example of the Iran-contra hearings to explore these questions. These hearings, held in 1987 by the Joint House-Senate Select Committee on Sec...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Lynch, Michael, 1948- (Auteur), Bogen, David, 1960- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 1996.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Massamedia.
Geschiedschrijving.
Irangate.
Vernehmung
Untersuchungsausschuss
Iran-Contra-Affäre
Legislative hearings.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Commissions parlementaires > Audiences > États-Unis.
Irangate, 1985-1990.
Legislative hearings > United States.
Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. The Sincere Liar
  • 2. The Production of History
  • 3. The Ceremonial of Truth
  • 4. The Truth-Finding Engine
  • 5. Stories and Master Narratives
  • 6. Memory in Testimony
  • 7. The Documentary Method of Interrogation
  • Conclusion: A Civics Lesson in the Logic of Sleaze
  • Methodological Appendix: Postanalytic Ethnomethodology.

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