American heathens : the politics of identity in a pagan religious movement /

American Heathens is the first in-depth ethnographic study about the largely misunderstood practice of American Heathenry (Germanic Paganism). Jennifer Snook--who has been Pagan since her early teens and a Heathen since eighteen--traces the development and trajectory of Heathenry as a new religious...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Snook, Jennifer Stephanie, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Paganism > United States.
Group identity > United States.
Paganisme > États-Unis.
Identité collective > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Group identity
Paganism
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Becoming Heathen
  • Mapping the Neopagan Landscape
  • American Heathenry 101
  • American Heathenry in Scholarship and the Media
  • The Influence of "the Political"
  • Researching American Heathenry
  • 2. Fleeing the Cross and the Pentacle: Resistance and Opposition in the Maintenance of Collective Identity
  • Not Like Them: Constructing Identity Through the Not-Self
  • Resisting Oppression: Opposition to the Mainstream
  • Negotiating Authenticity: Opposition to the Alternatives
  • Boundaries in Contradiction
  • 3. Neo-Heathens and Reconstructionists: The Project and Problems of Constructing a Heathen Nomos
  • Authenticity Wars: Innovation Versus Historical Accuracy
  • The (De)Construction of Community and Equality
  • Heathen Practices: Creating a Socioreligious Foundation
  • Heathen Fluff: Contested Realms of Authenticity
  • The Hammer Rite: (In)Authenticity and Community Practice
  • The Nine Noble Virtues: Authenticity and Community Norms
  • The Loki Debate
  • Patron Deities and Spiritual Seekers
  • 4. Cyber Hofs and Armchair Vikings: Building Community through Social Networks (but Not without Problems)
  • Religion and Virtual Spaces
  • The Influence of the Virtual on Modern Heathenry
  • Formal Heathen Organizations: Politics and Bureaucracy
  • Local Tribes
  • Diffuse Groups
  • The Virtual Hof
  • Virtual Battles and Community Politics
  • 5. Valkyries and Frithweavers: Women's Shifting Roles--from Warriors to Domestic Caretakers
  • Reframing Gender and Resistance
  • Reading History: Finding a Place for Heathen Women
  • Navigating Gender: The Masculine Ethic
  • No Fluffy Bunnies Allowed
  • Politicizing Gender: Feminism Meets Antifeminism
  • Resistance to Patriarchy
  • Frith and Domesticity: The Sacred Mundane
  • Wisewomen: Seidkonas and Völvas
  • 6. Honoring the Ancestors: Dealing with Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Whiteness in Constructing an Ethnic Folkway
  • Who Gets to Be Heathen? Race, Ethnicity, and Belonging
  • "White" Ethnic Identity
  • Negotiating Racism, Pride, and Faith
  • American Heathenry as an Indigenous Tradition
  • Honoring the Ancestors: Constructing Bloodlines
  • American Heathenry as a Spiritual System
  • Tribalism: Depoliticizing American Heathenry
  • American Heathenry as an Ethnic Folkway
  • Navigating Race: The Folkish versus Universalist Dichotomy
  • Identity: Textual Constructions of Antiracism and Belonging
  • 7. The Long Journey
  • The Conundrum of American Reconstructionist Faith
  • Collective Identity and Belonging
  • When Heathens Go Virtual
  • Challenging Notions of Gender
  • Examining Whiteness and the "Folk."

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