Jennifer Jackson

Political Oratory and Cartooning

An Ethnography of Democratic Process in Madagascar

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

The first anthropological study of the role of language and rhetoric in reshaping democracy
Maps the dynamic relationship between formalized oratory, satire, and political change in Madagascar
A fascinating analysis of the extraordinary Ciceronian features of kabary, a style of formal public oratory long abandoned in the West
Documents the management by United States Democrat campaign advisors of a foreign presidential bid, unprecedented in the post-colonial era

Produktdetails

• New Directions in Ethnography .
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9781118306062
• ISBN-10: 1118306066
• Artikelnr.: 36874257

Autorenporträt

Jennifer devotes her life to Christ, and she is especially committed to helping women flourish in Jesus. She is the radio show host of "Simply for Women," a television host for "Your Next Step," a Bible teacher, speaker and author. For over twenty-five years, she has served the local church alongside her husband, Doyle, Senior Pastor of The Church Next Door in Columbus, Ohio. Jennifer has witnessed thousands of lives transformed by the gospel of Jesus, and she can't wait for you to move closer to God through His redeeming grace, perfect love and forever joy.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures viii Note on Orthography x Acknowledgments xi Preface xiv 1
Introduction: "Look Out! The Sleeping Locusts Awake" 1 2 A History of
Language and Politics in Madagascar 18 3 The Structural and Social
Organization of Kabary Politika 65 4 The Structural and Social Organization
of Kisarisary Politika (Political Cartooning) 92 5 Building Publics through
Interanimating and Shifting Registers 117 6 "Stop Acting Like a Slave": The
Ideological and Aesthetic Dimensions of Syntax and Register in Political
Kabary and Political Cartooning 157 7 "That's What You Think": Arguing
Representations of Truth in Language 193 8 Conclusion: The Constraints and
Possibilities of Democracy 214 Index 241

Rezensionen

"Insightful, detailed, and substantial, this book has much to say to students of language and followers of politics, not to mention those of us passionate about both and how they interact." -- Virginia R. Dominguez, Gutgsell Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Why don't more people write books like this? Jennifer Jackson's brilliant insights on Malagasy cartooning, oratory, and political culture are not only a breath of fresh air for the anthropological study of political language, but a genuinely creative contribution to the study of global democracy." -- David Graeber, Goldsmiths, University of London

"It is highly recommended to all and Wiley-Blackwell should be persuaded to circulate a reasonably priced paper edition immediately." (American Ethnologist, 16 February 2014)