Beautiful Babies, Hidden Mothers, and Plasticized Prisoners

The Display of Bodies and Theories of American Religion

Authors

  • Amy Koehlinger Oregon State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v43i2.27

Keywords:

religion, bodies, gender

Abstract

This essay responds to the papers presented in the collection "Beautiful Babies, Hidden Mothers, and Plasticized Prisoners: The Display of Bodies and Theories of American Religion," addressing some of the theoretical issues that the papers raise.

Author Biography

Amy Koehlinger, Oregon State University

Assistant Professor Oregon State University

References

Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle. Donald Nicholson-Smith, translator, (New York: Zone Books, 1994).

Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (New York: Doubleday Books, 1959).

Colleen McDannell, The Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840-1900 (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994).

Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964).

Published

2014-04-22

How to Cite

Koehlinger, A. (2014). Beautiful Babies, Hidden Mothers, and Plasticized Prisoners: The Display of Bodies and Theories of American Religion. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 43(2), 27–29. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v43i2.27

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