Deliberative acts : democracy, rhetoric, and rights / Arabella Lyon.

Author/creator Lyon, Arabella, 1951-
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2013.
Descriptionviii, 222 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesRhetoric and democratic deliberation
Rhetoric and democratic deliberation. ^A1143957
Contents Defining deliberative space : rethinking persuasion, position, and identification -- Performative deliberation and the narratable who -- Narrating rights, creating agents : missing women in the U.S. media -- The beauty of Arendt's lies : Menchú's political strategy -- Voting like a girl : declarations, paradoxes of deliberation, and embodied citizens as a difference in kind.
Abstract "Offers a theory of performative deliberation, arguing that speech acts, performances, and performatives constitute citizens, agency, and events. Through analysis of human rights conflicts, it reveals difference's productivity and necessity as it demonstrates the power of performative theory"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index.
LCCN 2012047606
ISBN9780271059747 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN0271059745 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780271059754 (pbk.)
ISBN0271059753 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JC423 .L88 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold