Lift high the cross : where white supremacy and the Christian right converge / Ann Burlein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burlein, Ann, 1963-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian Coalition.

White supremacy movements--United States.

White supremacy movements.

Christianity and politics--United States.

Christianity and politics.

Right-wing extremists--United States.

Right-wing extremists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the links between white supremacist organizations and groups representing the religious right, specifically in Colorado, home of the most well known of these organziations, Christian Identity and Focus in the Family.

Contents:

The Violence of Culture:

Countermemory and Niche Marketed Masculinity

1 Countermemory, Children, and Ignorance-Power

2 Converging Case Studies: Body Politics as Brand Recognition

Christian Identity, Scriptures for -America, and Pete Peters

3 Mainstream Roots

4 Biblical Memories and the Erotics of Domination: "Not Politically Correct but Biblically Correct"

5 Nichemarketing the Apocalypse: Violence as Hard-Sell

The Christian Right, Focus on the Family, and James Dobson

6 The Power of Soft-Sell Style: Building a Multimillion-Dollar Ministry by Subverting Feminism

7 Remembering the Sixties as Pop Cultural Conspiracy: "Everyone's Best Interest Group"

8 Nichemarketing the Family Homestead: Rearticulating Mainstream Silences in the Romance of Privatism

Conclusion 9 The Bowl, the Crossing Point, and the Moment After.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-271) and index.

ISBN:

9786613063212

9781283063210

1283063212

9780822383406

0822383403

OCLC:

191222273