Expression in Contested Public Spaces (Hardcover)

Spoma Jovanovic

ISBN 10: 1793630933 / ISBN 13: 9781793630933

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD, 2021

About this Item

Hardcover. Expression in Contested Public Spaces: Free Speech and Civic Engagement addresses how people express themselves and their differences, in ways that amplify the many voices central to the mission of democracy. This book investigates in what ways and in what discursive forms people interrupt the status quo or unjust practices to advance positive social change. The chapters feature research activity, engaged scholarship, and creative expression to boldly frame the issues of free speechamid attempts to chill and silence expressions of dissentin order to demonstrate how community organizers, activists, and scholars use their voices to advance peace and justice befitting the human condition. Scholars and students of communication and the social sciences will find this book particularly interesting. Expression in Contested Public Spaces affirms the principles of free speech and civic engagement by highlighting the myriad ways people express their voices in public spaces to uphold the core tenets of democracy. The scholarly contributions address current day and enduring concerns about, debates on, and the promises for free expression. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Expression in Contested Public Spaces (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1793630933
• ISBN 13: 9781793630933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Expression in Contested Public Spaces: Free Speech and Civic Engagement addresses how people express themselves and their differences, in ways that amplify the many voices central to the mission of democracy. This book investigates in what ways and in what discursive forms people interrupt the status quo or unjust practices to advance positive social change. The chapters feature research activity, engaged scholarship, and creative expression to boldly frame the issues of free speech―amid attempts to chill and silence expressions of dissent―in order to demonstrate how community organizers, activists, and scholars use their voices to advance peace and justice befitting the human condition. Scholars and students of communication and the social sciences will find this book particularly interesting.

About the Authors

Vincent Russell is assistant professor in the Communication Department at Western Carolina University.

John K. Wilson is the author of books including Newt Gingrich: Capitol Crimes and Misdemeanors, Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest, and Patriotic Correctness: Academic Freedom and Its Enemies. He is the editor of Illinois Academe, the newspaper of the Illinois conference of the American Association of University Professors.