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

Talkative polity : radio, domination, and citizenship in Uganda /

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 be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brisset-Foucault, Florence, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]
Series:Cambridge Centre of African Studies series.
Subjects:
Political participation > Uganda.
Radio talk shows > Political aspects > Uganda.
Radio in politics > Uganda.
Uganda > Politics and government > 21st century.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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