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

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Jackson, Jennifer (Jennifer L.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley - Blackwell, 2013.
• Σειρά: New directions in ethnography ; 4.
• Θέματα: 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.

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 democr...