Interpreting the Political : New Methodologies.
Title:
Interpreting the Political : New Methodologies.
Author:
Carver, Terrell.
ISBN:
9780203435342
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (188 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Interpreting the political: New methodologies -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Identity and narrative in prime-time politics: The Hill-Thomas hearings -- 3 Rhetoric and conversion in student politics: Looking backward -- 4 Sex and discourse: The politics of the Hite Reports -- 5 Aspects of Irish political culture: A hermeneutical perspective -- 6 Mapping women, mapping the self: Representations of women in participation studies -- 7 Dimensions of the political: Travel and interpretation -- 8 Reading politically: National anthems as textual icons -- 9 Invention and community: Hermeneutic politics in Europe -- 10 The simulation syndrome: From war games to game wars -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Uses linguistic and semiotic analytical techniques to interrogate the use of language in the construction of political discourses. An impressively broad range of methodologies is used, each to explore a substantive political issue.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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