{"product_id":"citizen-critics-9780252068676","title":"Citizen Critics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of the links among literature, rhetoric, and democracy that explores the public debate generated by amateur and professional readers about four controversial literary works: two that were censored in the United States and two that created conflict because they were not censored.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well-written text that contributes much to public sphere studies. It offers needed case studies of actual citizen deliberation, which reveals how people may interact across multiple publics. Focusing on literary works, \u003ci\u003eCitizen Critics\u003c\/i\u003econnects cultural texts to political discourse, showing how cultural texts need not induce passivity in their audiences but instead may activate a political consciousness.\"--Robert Asen, author of \u003ci\u003eInvoking the Invisible Hand: Social Security and the Privatization Debates\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400469946711,"sku":"9780252068676","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252068676.jpg?v=1730470762","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/citizen-critics-9780252068676","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}