Political Oratory and Cartooning
An Ethnography of Democratic Process in Madagascar
Published on 13. December 2012
288 pages
978-1-118-31443-2 (ISBN)
Description
Jackson traces the lively skirmishes between Madagascar'spolitical cartoonists and politicians whose cartooning and publicoratory reveal an ever-shifting barometer of democracy in theisland nation.
* The first anthropological study of the role of language andrhetoric in reshaping democracy
* Maps the dynamic relationship between formalized oratory,satire, and political change in Madagascar
* A fascinating analysis of the extraordinary Ciceronian featuresof kabary, a style of formal public oratory long abandoned in theWest
* Documents the management by United States Democrat campaignadvisors of a foreign presidential bid, unprecedented in thepost-colonial era
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"It is highly recommended to all and Wiley-Blackwell should bepersuaded to circulate a reasonably priced paper editionimmediately." (American Ethnologist, 16 February2014) "Insightful, detailed, and substantial, this book has muchto say to students of language and followers of politics, not tomention those of us passionate about both and how theyinteract." - Virginia R. Dominguez, Gutgsell Professor, University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign "Why don't more people write books like this? JenniferJackson's brilliant insights on Malagasy cartooning, oratory, andpolitical culture are not only a breath of fresh air for theanthropological study of political language, but a genuinelycreative contribution to the study of globaldemocracy." - David Graeber, Goldsmiths, University of LondonMore details
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Jennifer Jackson is Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. Since 1994, her research has focused on Madagascar and the US, spanning studies in semiotics, language ideologies and aesthetics, and verbal and visual artistic performance in political practice related to the formation of democracy, civil society and statehood.
Content
List of Figures viii
Note on Orthography x
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xiv
1 Introduction: "Look Out! The Sleeping Locusts Awake" 1
2 A History of Language and Politics in Madagascar 18
3 The Structural and Social Organization of Kabary Politika 65
4 The Structural and Social Organization of Kisarisary Politika (Political Cartooning) 92
5 Building Publics through Interanimating and Shifting Registers 117
6 "Stop Acting Like a Slave": The Ideological and Aesthetic Dimensions of Syntax and Register in Political Kabary and Political Cartooning 157
7 "That's What You Think": Arguing Representations of Truth in Language 193
8 Conclusion: The Constraints and Possibilities of Democracy 214
Index 241
