Strategic Acts in the Study of Identity

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

• Preface-"Show Your Work"Vaia TounaIntroduction-On the Strategies of Identity FormationCraig Martin, St Thomas Aquinas CollegeSite I Acts of Classification1. Nostalgia and the Discourse Concerning NonesSteven Ramey, University of Alabama2. Response to Steven Ramey: The Constitutive Discourse of Description Vaia Touna3. Reply to Vaia Touna: Situated DescriptionsSteven RameySite II Acts of Appropriation 4. Strategizing Subjectivity: Creolization and Intentionality in Studies of Caribbean ReligionsK. Merinda Simmons, University of Alabama5. Response to K. Merinda Simmons: When is it OK to BorrowCraig Martin6. Reply to Craig Martin: "The Other Is Not": Mediating Specialness and SpecificityK. Merinda SimmonsSite III Acts of Comparison7. Writing Women out of Women's Movements: The Discursive Boundaries of FeminismLeslie Dorough Smith, Avila University8. Response to Leslie Dorough-Smith: TransgressionsRussell T. McCutcheon, University of Alabama9. Reply to Russell T. McCutcheon: Navigating the Politics of ComparisonLeslie Dorough SmithAfterword10. Strategic Acts I and IIRussell T. McCutcheonAppendix Acts of Classification1. Creation Ex Nihilo: Pew Forum and the "Nones" Steven Ramey 2. Discourse all the Way DownCraig Martin3. And You Shall Call his Name JesusMonica Miller, LeHigh University4. Making DistinctionsCraig Martin5. Making Magic WorkMonica Miller6. Which Past do you Authorize?Vaia Touna7. Just Really Old...Or, Historical?K. Merinda Simmons8. Green Means Go?Russell T. McCutcheon9. Maps, Interpretations, and "The Territory"Vaia Touna10. Look How Tall You Are!Russell T. McCutcheon11. The Harm of World ReligionsSteven Ramey12. Standing in Line at Chipotle (or, the Hefty Politics of Naming)Leslie Dorrough-SmithActs of Appropriation13. That Ain't The Queen's EnglishRussell T. McCutheon14. Habla Espanol?Leslie Dorrough-Smith15. Frames of IdentityVaia Touna16. In Other Words...K. Merinda Simmons17. Whose Switch is a Switch?Monica Miller18. Double StandardsVaia Touna19. Pizza Hut: The Best Indian Food AroundLeslie Dorrough-Smith20. Conceiving the "We" in PluralismCraig Martin21. Staking a ClaimK. Merinda Simmons22. Almost Black?Monica Miller23. What Should You Be on Halloween?Steven Ramey24. Cultural EntrepreneursSteven RameyActs of Comparison25. Kids Drink Pop, So What?Russell T. McCutcheon26. Look Who's Talking!K. Merinda Simmons27. Trick or TrickMonica Miller28. Trainwreck-spotting: How We Insist on Not Working on the Railroad and Instead Tie Ourselves to the TracksK. Merinda Simmons29. The Luxury of NuanceVaia Touna30. Does My "Wife" Have a "Job"?Craig Martin31. The Most Disgusting Picture EverLeslie Dorrough Smith32. Identifying Threats of ViolenceSteven Ramey33. Innumerable Shades of GreyRussell T. McCutcheon34. Competing Discourses on Life and DeathCraig Martin35. Shoots, Stabs, or Farts: Some Thoughts on Child's PlayLeslie Dorrough-Smith