Political Oratory and Cartooning
An Ethnography of Democratic Process in Madagascar
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Jennifer Jackson | ISBN: | 9781118306154 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | January 7, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jennifer Jackson |
| ISBN: | 9781118306154 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | January 7, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
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.
- The first anthropological study of the role of language and rhetoric in reshaping democracy
- Maps the dynamic relationship between formalized oratory, satire, and political change in Madagascar
- A fascinating analysis of the extraordinary Ciceronian features of kabary, a style of formal public oratory long abandoned in the West
- Documents the management by United States Democrat campaign advisors of a foreign presidential bid, unprecedented in the post-colonial era
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.
- The first anthropological study of the role of language and rhetoric in reshaping democracy
- Maps the dynamic relationship between formalized oratory, satire, and political change in Madagascar
- A fascinating analysis of the extraordinary Ciceronian features of kabary, a style of formal public oratory long abandoned in the West
- Documents the management by United States Democrat campaign advisors of a foreign presidential bid, unprecedented in the post-colonial era
