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Plowshares : protest, performance, and religious identity in the nuclear age
Title
Plowshares : protest, performance, and religious identity in the nuclear age / Kristen Tobey.
ISBN
9780271076720 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271076720 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publication
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Physical Description
ix, 174 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"Explores the actions of the radical Roman Catholic antinuclear activist group Plowshares. Focuses on the closely interwoven religious and social significance of the group's actions and subsequent legal trials, which rely on performances of moral distinction to achieve the activists' aims"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 27, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-165) and index.
Contents
"We in the underground are trying to do something else" : the Plowshares' history and development
"Something deeper than reason" : the logic and tactics of symbolic disarmament
"Our only real credential" : the rhetorical performance of symbolic boundaries
"Just to speak the truth" : the Plowshares' theory of the case
"Your honor, I object.... she is talking about God" : boundary negotiations in the courtroom.
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