A groundbreaking study of American patriotism and the symbolic power of the national flag. Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 775. . 1999. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Blood Sacrifice and the Nation: Totem Rituals and the American Flag
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521623456
ISBN 13: 9780521623452
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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The authors argue that American patriotism is a civil religion organized around a sacred flag, whose followers engage in periodic blood sacrifice of their own children to unify the group. Using an anthropological theory, this groundbreaking book presents and explains the ritual sacrifices and regeneration that constitute American nationalism, the factors making particular elections or wars successful or unsuccessful rituals, the role of the mass media in the process, and the sense of malaise that has pervaded American society during the post-World War II period.

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American patriotism is a civil religion organized around a sacred flag. Its followers engage in periodic blood sacrifice of their own children to unify the group. Using an anthropological theory, this groundbreaking book presents and explains the ritual sacrifices and regeneration that constitute American nationalism, the factors making particular elections or wars successful or unsuccessful rituals, the role of the mass media in the process, and the sense of malaise that has pervaded American society during the post-World War II period.

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