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- catalog abstract ""The Rites of Identity argues that Kenneth Burke was the most deciding influence on Ralph Ellison's writings, that Burke and Ellison are firmly situated within the American tradition of religious naturalism, and that this tradition - properly understood as religious - offers a highly useful means for considering contemporary identity and mitigating religious conflict." "By placing Burke and Ellison in a tradition of pragmatic thought, The Rites of Identity uncovers an antiessentialist approach to identity that serves the moral needs of a world that is constantly negotiating, performing, and ritualizing changes of identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13053349.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""The Rites of Identity argues that Kenneth Burke was the most deciding influence on Ralph Ellison's writings, that Burke and Ellison are firmly situated within the American tradition of religious naturalism, and that this tradition - properly understood as religious - offers a highly useful means for considering contemporary identity and mitigating religious conflict." "By placing Burke and Ellison in a tradition of pragmatic thought, The Rites of Identity uncovers an antiessentialist approach to identity that serves the moral needs of a world that is constantly negotiating, performing, and ritualizing changes of identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Identity and the Rites of Symbolic Action -- Ch. 2. Kenneth Burke's Natural Pieties of Identity -- Ch. 3. Catharsis and Tragedy: Kenneth Burke's Rhetoric of Sacrifice -- Ch. 4. The Spiritual Utility of Comedy -- Ch. 5. Ralph Ellison and the Vernacular Pieties of American Identity -- Ch. 6. Ellison's Tragic Vision of Sacrifice -- Ch. 7. The Blues of American Identity: Comic Transcendence in Ellison -- Ch. 8. Both a Part of and Apart From: The Spirit and Ethics of a Religious Pragmatism.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "204 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691092494 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "818/.5209 21".
- catalog subject "Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993 Knowledge Religion.".
- catalog subject "Criticism United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Ellison, Ralph Knowledge Religion.".
- catalog subject "PN75.B8 E34 2003".
- catalog subject "Religion.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Identity and the Rites of Symbolic Action -- Ch. 2. Kenneth Burke's Natural Pieties of Identity -- Ch. 3. Catharsis and Tragedy: Kenneth Burke's Rhetoric of Sacrifice -- Ch. 4. The Spiritual Utility of Comedy -- Ch. 5. Ralph Ellison and the Vernacular Pieties of American Identity -- Ch. 6. Ellison's Tragic Vision of Sacrifice -- Ch. 7. The Blues of American Identity: Comic Transcendence in Ellison -- Ch. 8. Both a Part of and Apart From: The Spirit and Ethics of a Religious Pragmatism.".
- catalog title "The rites of identity : the religious naturalism and cultural criticism of Kenneth Burke and Ralph Ellison / Beth Eddy.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".