Talkative polity : radio, domination, and citizenship in Uganda / Florence Brisset-Foucault.

By:

Brisset-Foucault, Florence, 1981- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780821446669

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

JQ2951 .T355 2019

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Contents:

The political economy of radio speech -- The ebimeeza and the partisanization of Ugandan politics -- The ebimeeza as a Ganda patriotic stage -- "A constituency in itself": talk radio and the redefinition of political leadership -- Taming speech: the state's suitable citizens -- The bureaucratization of the ebimeeza and the desire for discipline -- An academic model of exclusive citizenship -- Silent voices, professional orators, and shattered dreams.

Subject: Until they were banned in 2009, the radio debates called Ugandan People's Parliaments gave common folk a forum to air their views. But how do people talk about politics in an authoritarian regime? The forms and parameters of such speech turn out to be more complex than a simple confrontation between an oppressive state and a liberal civil society.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

The ebimeeza and the political culture of Kampala's upper class -- The political economy of radio speech -- The ebimeeza and the partisanization of Ugandan politics -- The ebimeeza as a Ganda patriotic stage -- "A constituency in itself": talk radio and the redefinition of political leadership -- Taming speech: the state's suitable citizens -- The bureaucratization of the ebimeeza and the desire for discipline -- An academic model of exclusive citizenship -- Silent voices, professional orators, and shattered dreams.

Until they were banned in 2009, the radio debates called Ugandan People's Parliaments gave common folk a forum to air their views. But how do people talk about politics in an authoritarian regime? The forms and parameters of such speech turn out to be more complex than a simple confrontation between an oppressive state and a liberal civil society.

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