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Blood Sacrifice and the Nation : Totem Rituals and the American Flag (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)
Blood Sacrifice and the Nation Totem Rituals and the American Flag - Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Author: Carolyn Marvin, David W. Ingle
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, th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521623452
ISBN-10: 0521623456
Publication Date: 2/28/1999
Pages: 414
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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