Political oratory and cartooning :
Jackson, Jennifer
Political oratory and cartooning : an ethnography of democratic processes in madagascar / Jennifer Jackson. - 1 online resource. - New directions in ethnography ; 4 . - New directions in ethnography ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9781118306154 (ePub) 1118306155 (ePub) 9781118306161 (MobiPocket) 1118306163 (MobiPocket) 9781118314432 ( Adobe PDF) 1118314433 ( Adobe PDF) 9781118306185 111830618X
2012045127
016182120 Uk
1992-2010
Presidents--Election.--Madagascar
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.
JQ3468
324.9691/055
Political oratory and cartooning : an ethnography of democratic processes in madagascar / Jennifer Jackson. - 1 online resource. - New directions in ethnography ; 4 . - New directions in ethnography ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9781118306154 (ePub) 1118306155 (ePub) 9781118306161 (MobiPocket) 1118306163 (MobiPocket) 9781118314432 ( Adobe PDF) 1118314433 ( Adobe PDF) 9781118306185 111830618X
2012045127
016182120 Uk
1992-2010
Presidents--Election.--Madagascar
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.
JQ3468
324.9691/055