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Author:   Harri Englund
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780253356772

ISBN 10:   0253356776
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   03 October 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Human Rights, African Alternatives 1. Rights and Wrongs on the Radio 2. Obligations to Dogs: Between Liberal and Illiberal Analytics 3. Against the Occult: Journalists and Scholars in Search of Alternatives Part 2. The Ethos of Equality 4. A Nameless Genre: Newsreading as Storytelling 5. Inequality Is Old News: Editors as Authors 6. Stories Become Persons: Producing Knowledge about Injustice Part 3. The Aesthetic of Claims 7. Cries and Whispers: Shaming without Naming 8. Christian Critics: An Illiberal Public? 9. Beyond the Parity Principle Appendix 1. Presidential News Appendix 2. Graveyard Visit Appendix 3. Drunken Children Appendix 4. Giant Rat Appendix 5. Reclaiming Virginity Appendix 6. The Truth about Porridge Appendix 7. ""Makiyolobasi Must Stop Bewitching at Night"" Notes Bibliography Index"

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The author's intellectual rigor and analysis provide strong support for his arguments ... A valuable addition to any collection on human rights or media studies. ... Highly recommended. Choice, August 2012 An inspired choice of topic. The conceptual framework within which it is presented has been worked out with impressive clarity and delicacy. Karin Barber, University of Birmingham

An inspired choice of topic. The conceptual framework within which it is presented has been worked out with impressive clarity and delicacy. Karin Barber, University of Birmingham

""The author's intellectual rigor and analysis provide strong support for his arguments ... A valuable addition to any collection on human rights or media studies. ... Highly recommended."" Choice, August 2012 ""An inspired choice of topic. The conceptual framework within which it is presented has been worked out with impressive clarity and delicacy."" Karin Barber, University of Birmingham

Author Information

Harri Englund is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. He is author of Prisoners of Freedom: Human Rights and the African Poor, winner of the 2006 Amaury Talbot Prize of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

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