Counterpublics and the state / edited by Robert Asen and Daniel C. Brouwer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Asen, Robert, 1968-

Brouwer, Daniel C., 1970-

Series:

SUNY series in communication studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements.

Dissenters.

Marginality, Social.

Political persecution.

Physical Description:

viii, 277 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2001]

Contents:

Introduction: Reconfigurations of the Public Sphere / Robert Asen, Daniel C. Brouwer 1

Part I. Conflicted Encounters

1. Prisoners of Conscience and the Counterpublic Sphere of Prison Writing: The Stones that Start the Avalanche / Gerard A. Hauser 35

2. In the Name of Reconciliation: The Faith and Works of Counterpublicity / Erik Doxtader 59

3. ACT-ing UP in Congressional Hearings / Daniel C. Brouwer 87

4. The Black Press and the State: Attracting Unwanted (?) Attention / Catherine Squires 111

5. Representing the State in South Central Los Angeles / Robert Asen 137

Part II. New Communication Technologies and Globalization

6. Cyber-movements, New Social Movements, and Counterpublics / Catherine Helen Palczewski 161

7. Crafting a Virtual Counterpublic: Right-to-Die Advocates on the Internet / Todd F. McDorman 187

8. A Structural Transformation for a Global Public Sphere? The Use of New Communication Technologies by Nongovernmental Organizations and the United Nations / Marie A. Mater 211

9. Doing Away with Suharto

and the Twin Myths of Globalization and New Social Movements / Dana L. Cloud 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791451615

0791451623

OCLC:

45667883