Being the change: Protest as performative discourse in the occupy Portland encampment

Global Discourse

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 308-322

  Melina, Lois Ruskai ^a  

^a UNION INSTITUTE AND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupy; Performance theory; Performativity; Protest; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979901089     PISSN: 23269995     EISSN: 20437897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23269995.2014.903719     Document Type: Article

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