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).

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Published

2014-04-22

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Articles

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