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Blood Sacrifice and the Nation - Totem Rituals and the American Flag

English · Paperback / Softback

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Klappentext This compelling book argues that American patriotism is a civil religion of blood sacrifice! which periodically kills its children to keep the group together. The flag is the sacred object of this religion; its sacrificial imperative is a secret which the group keeps from itself to survive. Expanding Durkheim's theory of the totem taboo as the organizing principle of enduring groups! Carolyn Marvin uncovers the system of sacrifice and regeneration which constitutes American nationalism! shows why historical instances of these rituals succeed or fail in unifying the group! and explains how mass media are essential to the process. American culture is depicted as ritually structured by a fertile center and sacrificial borders of death. Violence plays a key part in its identity. In essence! nationalism is neither quaint historical residue nor atavistic extremism! but a living tradition which defines American life. Zusammenfassung American patriotism is a civil religion organized around a sacred flag. Its citizens periodically sacrifice their children to unify the group. Using an anthropological approach! this groundbreaking study explains the rituals of American nationalism! and analyses the malaise pervading post-war American society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. That old flag magic; 3. Theorizing the flagbody; 4. The totem myth; 5. Death touchers and border crossers; 6. Totem memory and succession; 7. Refreshing the borders; 8. Dismemberment and reconstruction; 9. Fresh blood, Public meat; 10. One size fits all; 11. Epilogue; Appendix 1. The flag in life: Representational politics of the Stars and Stripes David W. Ingle and Carolyn Marvin; Appendix 2. Representative coding categories.

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Authors David Ingle, David W. Ingle, Carolyn Marvin, Carolyn (University of Pennsylvania) Ingle Marvin, Carolyn Ingle Marvin
Assisted by Steven Seidman (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 11.03.1999
 
EAN 9780521626095
ISBN 978-0-521-62609-5
No. of pages 416
Series Cambridge Cultural Social Stud
Cambridge Cultural Social Stud
Subjects Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics
Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology

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