The Language of Protest Acts of Performance, Identity, and Legitimacy [Hardcover]

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, from different geographies and languages. Rich with illustrative examples from Turkey, U.S., West Germany, Romania, Guatemala, Great Britain, and Northern Ireland, it examines the language of protest (chants, songs, poetry and prose) with an innovative use of analytical tools that will advance current theory. Operating at the intersection of linguistic pragmatics and critical discourse analysis this book provides fresh insights on interdisciplinary topics including power, identity, legitimacy and the Social Contract. In doing so it will appeal to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, pragmatics and critical discourse analysis, in addition to researchers working in sociology, political science, discourse, cultural and communication studies.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Mapping Theory and Method in the Neighborhood of Protest.- Chapter 3: Exploring the Performance of Protest Chants: Everyday Im ?apulling and S? Se Puede .- Chapter 4: Exploring the Performance of Protest Songs: We Shall Overcome and 99 Luftballons / 99 Red Balloons .- Chapter 5: Exploring the Performance of Protest Poetry: Cruciada Copiilor / Childrens Crusade and  Dulce et Decorum Est .- Chapter 6: Exploring the Performance of Protest Prose: Condemnations of the Totonicap?n Massacre and  The Diary of Bobby Sands .- Chapter 7: Considerations and Conversations in the Neighborhood of Protest.Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill is Professor of English and Communication Studies at St. Marys University of San Antonio, Texas, USA. The inaugural Edward & Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellow, Gasaway Hill is a scholar and poet interested in the nexus of language, power, and change.

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