Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity: Towards a Dynamic Theory of People and Place (Culture on the Edge: Studies in Identity Formation) - Hardcover

Vaia Touna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781790728 ISBN 13: 9781781790724

Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Vaia Touna is Assistant Professor at the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama.

Edition details

• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781790728
• ISBN 13: 9781781790724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Vaia Touna