Social Movement Literature - An Introduction

Social Movement Literature introduces readers to the study of those cultural texts that have come to define modern social movements.

List of contents

Introduction: Social Movements in the Present
Chapter One: Social Movements and Their Texts
Chapter Two: How to Read a Movement Text
Chapter Three: Movement Frames
Chapter Four: Injustice
Chapter Five: Identity
Chapter Six: Agency
Chapter Seven: Memory
Conclusion: A Movement Society?
Bibliography

About the author

Stephen Schneider is Associate Professor of English at the University of Louisville. He earned his PhD in English, with a focus on rhetoric and composition, from the Pennsylvania State University in 2007. His book, You Can’t Padlock an Idea: Rhetorical Education at the Highlander Folk School, 1932-1961, was published by the University of South Carolina Press in 2014 and examines the educational programs that Highlander used to support labor and civil rights activists. His essays have appeared in College English, College Composition and Communication, Journal of Advanced Composition, Technical Communication Quarterly, as well as edited volumes on the rhetoric of sit-in protests and engaged writing pedagogies.

Summary

Social Movement Literature introduces readers to the study of those cultural texts that have come to define modern social movements.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Schneider, Stephen (Saint Mary''s University Schneider, Schneider Stephen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032211510
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221151-0
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); English, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Literary theory, Pressure groups & lobbying, Social Movements;Comparative Literature