Oxford University Press Inc - Misreading America Scriptures And Difference - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Mis Reading America presents original research on and conversation about reading formations in American communities of color using the phenomenon of the reading of scriptures - - ''scripturalizing' - - as an analytical wedge. Scriptures here are understood as shorthand for complex social phenomena practices and dynamics. The authors take up scripturalizing as a window onto the self - understandings politics practices and orientations of marginalized communities. These communities have in common the context that is the United States with the challenges it holds for all regarding: pressure to conform to conventional - canonical forms of communication representation and embodiment (mimicry); opportunities to speak back to and confront and overturn conventionality (interruptions); and the need to experience ongoing meaningful and complex relationships (reorientation) to the centering politics practices and myths that define America.''
Title: Misreading America Scriptures And Difference
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780199975426
Pages: 326 Pages, 4 Illus.
Publication Date: 8/8/2013
Category: Ethnic Studies