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dc.contributor.authorStockwell, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-07T00:44:08Z
dc.date.available2017-09-07T00:44:08Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.date.modified2007-03-13T21:50:21Z
dc.identifier.issn13279556
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/3300
dc.description.abstractAs the formal intermediary between language and power, the bard plays a key role in post-tribal society by manufacturing social cohesion through the application of communication techniques that constantly connect the political to the mythical and vice versa. Strikingly similar bardic work is carried out today by spin doctors as they manufacture the form of social cohesion necessary to produce electoral majorities utilising communication techniques that intertwine politics and image. To confront the present wave of cynicism about democracy requires the democratisation of spin doctoring and a return to the practices of the bard in order to re-create the dynamic relationship between language and power that recovers both the political force of myth and the mythical dimension of politics.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Association of Writing Programs
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.textjournal.com.au/oct00/stockwell.htm
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto8
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalTEXT
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPerforming Arts and Creative Writing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1904
dc.titleFrom Bard to Spin Doctor: Continuities in strategy and style
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2001. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal’s website or contact the author.
gro.date.issued2000
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gro.griffith.authorStockwell, Stephen E.


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