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When Congress debates : a Bakhtinian paradigm / Theodore F. Sheckels.
Van Pelt Library JA85.2.U6 S54 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheckels, Theodore F.
- Series:
- Praeger series in political communication
- Praeger series in political communication, 1062-5623
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich), 1895-1975.
- Bakhtin, M. M.
- United States. Congress.
- United States.
- Communication in politics--United States.
- Communication in politics.
- Debates and debating.
- Political oratory--United States.
- Political oratory.
- Debates and debating--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 154 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.
- Summary:
- A new perspective on Congressional debating derived from the theoretical work of Mikhail Bakhtin.
- Contents:
- 1. Congressional Debating: A Neglected Subject 1
- 2. A Bakhtinian Paradigm 15
- 3. Carol Moseley-Braun Defies the Confederate Flag 37
- 4. The Women of the Senate Remember Tailhook '91 51
- 5. Bob Smith and Barbara Boxer Duel 67
- 6. Southern Senators Resist 87
- 7. Senators Reject Clement Haynsworth 99
- 8. The House of Representatives Impeaches William Jefferson Clinton 123.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-145) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275966674
- OCLC:
- 43751770
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