It was like a fever storytelling in protest and politics

By:

Polletta, Francesca

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2006Description: xiv, 242 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780226673769

Subject(s):

Storytelling--Political aspects

DDC classification:

808.543POL

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-230) and index.

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.

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