Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity
Towards a Dynamic Theory of People and Place
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
294 pages
978-1-78179-073-1 (ISBN)
Description
Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity is a multi-authored work that tackles the problem of how to examine the historicity of identity. Six scholars of religion, all members of the Culture on the Edge group, engage in a constructive dialogue mediating and critically cross-examining issues of identity formation, suggesting ways of achieving greater theoretical clarity in the study of identity—or better, identity claims—as it takes shape over time and space. The volume is divided into three sites, or what we might call three situations, each of which is representative of a specific act, such as for example, the strategic acts of classification, appropriation, and comparison. Each site then consists of a main chapter, a response from another scholar (who presses further the point of the main chapter while inviting its author to reflect upon their initial argument) and a reply from the author of the main chapter.
Additionally, the volume includes an appendix with a series of posts that originally appeared at the blog for Culture on the Edge. These theoretically challenging posts, also investigating the volume’s three main areas, further exemplify and model a different way of approach in the study of identity. Although Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity is not a textbook, and while challenging for any reader, it can serve as a great pedagogical tool for professors who wish to use the book in their classes not only within religious studies but in any class that touches on issues of identity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
373 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78179-073-1 (9781781790731)
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Person
Vaia Touna is Assistant Professor at the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama.
Content
Preface-"Show Your Work" Vaia Touna Introduction-On the Strategies of Identity Formation Craig Martin, St Thomas Aquinas College Site I Acts of Classification 1. Nostalgia and the Discourse Concerning Nones Steven Ramey, University of Alabama 2. Response to Steven Ramey: The Constitutive Discourse of Description Vaia Touna 3. Reply to Vaia Touna: Situated Descriptions Steven Ramey Site II Acts of Appropriation 4. Strategizing Subjectivity: Creolization and Intentionality in Studies of Caribbean Religions K. Merinda Simmons, University of Alabama 5. Response to K. Merinda Simmons: When is it OK to Borrow Craig Martin 6. Reply to Craig Martin: "The Other Is Not": Mediating Specialness and Specificity K. Merinda Simmons Site III Acts of Comparison 7. Writing Women out of Women's Movements: The Discursive Boundaries of Feminism Leslie Dorough Smith, Avila University 8. Response to Leslie Dorough-Smith: Transgressions Russell T. McCutcheon, University of Alabama 9. Reply to Russell T. McCutcheon: Navigating the Politics of Comparison Leslie Dorough Smith Afterword 10. Strategic Acts I and II Russell T. McCutcheon Appendix Acts of Classification 1. Creation Ex Nihilo: Pew Forum and the "Nones" Steven Ramey 2. Discourse all the Way Down Craig Martin 3. And You Shall Call his Name Jesus Monica Miller, LeHigh University 4. Making Distinctions Craig Martin 5. Making Magic Work Monica Miller 6. Which Past do you Authorize? Vaia Touna 7. Just Really Old.Or, Historical? K. Merinda Simmons 8. Green Means Go? Russell T. McCutcheon 9. Maps, Interpretations, and "The Territory" Vaia Touna 10. Look How Tall You Are! Russell T. McCutcheon 11. The Harm of World Religions Steven Ramey 12. Standing in Line at Chipotle (or, the Hefty Politics of Naming) Leslie Dorrough-Smith Acts of Appropriation 13. That Ain't The Queen's English Russell T. McCutheon 14. Habla Espanol? Leslie Dorrough-Smith 15. Frames of Identity Vaia Touna 16. In Other Words. K. Merinda Simmons 17. Whose Switch is a Switch? Monica Miller 18. Double Standards Vaia Touna 19. Pizza Hut: The Best Indian Food Around Leslie Dorrough-Smith 20. Conceiving the "We" in Pluralism Craig Martin 21. Staking a Claim K. Merinda Simmons 22. Almost Black? Monica Miller 23. What Should You Be on Halloween? Steven Ramey 24. Cultural Entrepreneurs Steven Ramey Acts of Comparison 25. Kids Drink Pop, So What? Russell T. McCutcheon 26. Look Who's Talking! K. Merinda Simmons 27. Trick or Trick Monica Miller 28. Trainwreck-spotting: How We Insist on Not Working on the Railroad and Instead Tie Ourselves to the Tracks K. Merinda Simmons 29. The Luxury of Nuance Vaia Touna 30. Does My "Wife" Have a "Job"? Craig Martin 31. The Most Disgusting Picture Ever Leslie Dorrough Smith 32. Identifying Threats of Violence Steven Ramey 33. Innumerable Shades of Grey Russell T. McCutcheon 34. Competing Discourses on Life and Death Craig Martin 35. Shoots, Stabs, or Farts: Some Thoughts on Child's Play Leslie Dorrough-Smith