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

From Trump's 'make America great again' to Johnson's 'build back better', performative politicians use The Making Sense to persuade their public audiences. Law 'makers' do it too: A courtroom trial is a 'truth factory' in which facts are not found bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Watt, Gary, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2023.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Law in context.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009769411306719
Table of 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.