Hidden Transcripts of the Powerful: Researching the Arts of Domination.
This article develops a submerged aspect of James C Scott's work on 'hidden transcripts'. Whereas Scott focused predominantly on the hidden transcripts of the powerless, here we propose a research agenda based upon studying hidden transcripts of the powerful. First, we define our terms. Second, we m...
| Publicado en: | Sociology Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 1341 - 1359 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Dec2024
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