Table of contents for It was like a fever : storytelling in protest and politics / Francesca Polletta.

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Contents
Preface
1	Why Stories Matter
2	"It was like a fever . . .": Why People Protest
3	Strategy as Metonymy: Why Activists Choose the Strategies They Do
4	Stories and Reasons: Why Deliberation Is Only Sometimes Democratic
5	Ways of Knowing and Stories Worth Telling: Why Casting Oneself as a Victim 
Sometimes Hurts the Cause
6	Remembering Dr. King on the House and Senate Floor: Why Movements Have the 
Impacts They Do
7	Conclusion: Folk Wisdom and Scholarly Tales
Notes
Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Storytelling -- Political aspects.
Communication -- Political aspects.
Politics and culture.
Communication in folklore.
Social movements.
Protest movements.