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

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watt, Gary (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Series:Law in context.
Subjects:
Sociological jurisprudence.
Mass media > Law and legislation > Social aspects.
Rhetoric > Social aspects.
Law > Philosophy.
Political science > Philosophy.
Sociologie juridique.
Rhétorique > Aspect social.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Making Sense : Introduction
  • 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
  • Faking News
  • Making Mistakes : Trial by Twitter and Cancel Culture.