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The Language Of Protest: Acts Of Performance, Identity And Legitimation, Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill
The Language Of Protest: Acts Of Performance, Identity And Legitimation, Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill
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Rooted in the performative of Speech Act Theory, this interdisciplinary study crafts a new model to compare the work we do with words when we protest: across genres (chants, songs, poetry, prose), from different geographies (Turkey, U.S., West Germany, Romania, Great Britain, Guatemala, Northern Ireland) and from different languages (Turkish, Spanish, English, German, Romanian, Ki’che’, Irish Gaeilge). This model generates two new concepts: pragmatic legitimacy, when a hearer recognizes a speech act, regardless of genre, as one of protest; and convocativity, the effect of convoking hearers into distinct camps, creating degrees of solidarity or distance on the protest issue. Framed …
Chinese Slang, Robert L. Moore
Introduction: Humor In Contemporary American Poetry, Denise Duhamel, Salvatore Attardo
Introduction: Humor In Contemporary American Poetry, Denise Duhamel, Salvatore Attardo
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Introduction piece to a special issue of Humor: International Journal of Humor Research.