| Autor: |
Shaffir, William, Kleinknecht, Steven |
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Journal of Contemporary Ethnography; Dec2005, Vol. 34 Issue 6, p707-738, 32p |
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This article examines means of coping adopted by defeated politicians to manage their unexpected loss. In particular, we consider how they deploy deflection rhetoric to claim that circumstances beyond their control resulted in the undesirable outcome. The data mainly derive from transcribed conversations with Canadian politicians at both provincial and federal levels of government. The analysis offers a case study of disengagement and how individuals, forced to assume a new status involuntarily, attend to the presented challenges. An understanding of social life is enhanced by investigating not only the dynamics of identity construction but also processes of "un-becoming." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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