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The making sense of politics, media and law : rhetorical performance as invention, creation, production / Gary Watt.

By: Series: Law in contextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, [2023]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781009336413
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making sense of politics, media and lawOnline resources:
Contents:
The Making Sense : Introduction -- Invention, Creation, Production Invention, Creation, Production Invention, Creation, Production -- Artefaction : Making Things -- The Truth Factory : Crafting Fact and Law -- Making Sex Change : Legal Engendering of Trans People -- Making Faces, Performing Persons -- The Acting President -- Political Confection : Making a Meal of It -- State Building -- Co-Production and Populism Production -- Faking News -- Making Mistakes -- Trial by Twitter and Cancel Culture.
Summary: "Employs a new idea of "making", covering artefaction, crafting, fiction, and fabrication, to make sense of controversies in law, politics, and media, from transgender identity to cancel culture. Brings new perspectives to a range of academic disciplines including law, politics, media, rhetoric, performance, theatre, gender studies and psychology"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.

The Making Sense : Introduction -- Invention, Creation, Production Invention, Creation, Production Invention, Creation, Production -- Artefaction : Making Things -- The Truth Factory : Crafting Fact and Law -- Making Sex Change : Legal Engendering of Trans People -- Making Faces, Performing Persons -- The Acting President -- Political Confection : Making a Meal of It -- State Building -- Co-Production and Populism Production -- Faking News -- Making Mistakes -- Trial by Twitter and Cancel Culture.

"Employs a new idea of "making", covering artefaction, crafting, fiction, and fabrication, to make sense of controversies in law, politics, and media, from transgender identity to cancel culture. Brings new perspectives to a range of academic disciplines including law, politics, media, rhetoric, performance, theatre, gender studies and psychology"-- Provided by publisher.

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