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To speak of political representation is to evoke an array of images, narratives, memories, expectations and frustrations. Experiences of being spoken for, as, to or about; of being taken for granted or taken on board; of feeling looked after or looked beyond; of subjective engagement or objective manipulation and of inspired anticipation or despondent resignation forge fine-grained feelings of what it means to be represented or misrepresented, acknowledged or ignored. It is from this affective perspective that the mediation of representation will be reflected upon in this chapter. The aim here is not to ignore or downplay the instrumental dimension of representation, but to give due attention to its too frequently neglected visceral qualities.
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Coleman, S. (2011). Representation and Mediated Politics: Representing Representation in an Age of Irony. In: Brants, K., Voltmer, K. (eds) Political Communication in Postmodern Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294783_3
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