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Blood Sacrifice and the Nation: Totem Rituals and the American Flag (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies) - Softcover

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9780521626095: Blood Sacrifice and the Nation: Totem Rituals and the American Flag (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)

Synopsis

A groundbreaking study of American patriotism and the symbolic power of the national flag.

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Review

'This is a provocative book which provides a welcome counterweight to interpretations which ignore the 'primitive' basis of nations.' Ethnic and Racial Studies

Book Description

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.

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