Political oratory and cartooning : an ethnography of democratic processes in madagascar /

• Main Author: Jackson, Jennifer (Jennifer L.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley - Blackwell, 2013.
• Series: New directions in ethnography ; 4.
• Subjects: 1992-2010; Presidents > Madagascar > Election.; Political campaigns > Madagascar.; Political consultants > Madagascar.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.; Political campaigns.; Political consultants.; Politics and government; Presidents > Election.; Madagascar > Politics and government > 1992-2010.; Madagascar.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118306154 (ePub); 1118306155 (ePub); 9781118306161 (MobiPocket); 1118306163 (MobiPocket); 9781118314432 ( Adobe PDF); 1118314433 ( Adobe PDF); 9781118306185; 111830618X
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118306185

Jackson traces the lively skirmishes between Madagascar's political cartoonists and politicians whose cartooning and public oratory reveal an ever-shifting barometer of democracy in the island nation. It is the first anthropological study of the role of language and rhetoric in reshaping democracy and maps the dynamic relationship between formalized oratory, satire, and political change in Madagascar.