Defiant discourse : speech and action in grassroots activism
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Defiant discourse : speech and action in grassroots activism
（Politics of language）
Routledge, 2021
- : hbk
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Summary: "In this timely and innovative book, Tamar Katriel takes a language and discourse-centred approach to the subject of peace activism in Israel-Palestine, one of the most significant political issues of our time, while also posing more general questions about the role played by language in activist movements-how activists themselves conceptualise their speech and its relationship to action. Viewing activism as a globalized cultural formation that gives shape and meaning to grassroots organizations' struggles for political change, this book explores the relations between the cultural categories of speech and action as constructed and evaluated in activist contexts. It focuses on the specific empirical field of defiant discourse associated with the soldierly role in Israeli culture, using it to offer an in-depth exploration of the cultural underpinnings of defiant speech..."
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction
- Contextualizing the study
- Proclaiming dissent
- Witnessing
- Accounting for dissent
- Conclusion