Deliberative acts : democracy, rhetoric, and rights / Arabella Lyon.
| Author/creator | Lyon, Arabella, 1951- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2013. |
| Description | viii, 222 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Rhetoric 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index. |
| LCCN | 2012047606 |
| ISBN | 9780271059747 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0271059745 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780271059754 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0271059753 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | JC423 .L88 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |