Back to America - Identity, Political Culture, and the Tea Party Movement

Informationen zum Autor William H. Westermeyer is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of South Carolina, Aiken.   Klappentext Back to America is one of the few ethnographies of local activist groups within the Tea Party. Westermeyer explains the significance of grassroots groups in individual as well as collective political identity formation and how both contribute to the success of the wider movement.    Zusammenfassung Back to America is one of the few ethnographies of local activist groups within the Tea Party. Westermeyer explains the significance of grassroots groups in individual as well as collective political identity formation and how both contribute to the success of the wider movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: The Tea Party Movement as Cultural Politics 1. Patriots: Fashioning a Figured World of Tea Party Politics 2. Troubles: Making Personal Meaning in the Tea Party Movement 3. Plantation Politics: Race in the Figured World of the Tea Party 4. Fellowship: Local Tea Party Groups as Communities of Political Practice 5. Trickle-Up Politics: Local Tea Party Groups as Movement Actors in Local Politics Conclusion: Political Anthropology of U.S. Right-Wing Politics Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: William H Westermeyer, William H. Westermeyer
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781496208439
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-0843-9
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America; Anthropology of Contemporary N
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Politische Bildung und Zivilgesellschaft, Nichtstaatliche Organisationen (NGOs)