Political oratory and cartooning an ethnography of democratic processes in madagascar Jackson, Jennifer (Jennifer L.) creator text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2013 monographic eng remote 1 online resource. 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. 1. Introduction: "Look out! The sleeping locusts awake" -- 2. A history of language and politics in Madagascar -- 3. The structural and social organization of kabary politika -- 4. The structural and social organization of kisarisary politika (political cartooning) -- 5. Building publics through interanimating and shifting registers -- 6. "Stop acting like a slave" : the ideological and aesthetic dimensions of syntax and register in political kabary and political cartooning -- 7. "That's what you think" : arguing representations of truth in language -- 8. Conclusion: The constraints and possibilities of democracy. Jennifer Jackson. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-mg--- 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 1992-2010 fast JQ3468 324.9691/055 Political oratory and cartooning Jackson, Jennifer (Jennifer L.) Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley & Sons, 2013 (DLC) 2012036669 New directions in ethnography ; 4 9781118306154 (ePub) 1118306155 (ePub) 9781118306161 (MobiPocket) 1118306163 (MobiPocket) 9781118314432 ( Adobe PDF) 1118314433 ( Adobe PDF) 9781118306062 9781118306185 111830618X 1118306066 2012045127 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118306185 DLC 121107 20170124071809.3 ocn816655829 eng