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Author Tobey, Kristen, 1978- author.

Title Plowshares : protest, performance, and religious identity in the nuclear age / Kristen Tobey.

Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 174 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Explores the actions of the radical Roman Catholic antinuclear activist group Plowshares. Focuses on the closely interwoven religious and social significance of the group's actions and subsequent legal trials, which rely on performances of moral distinction to achieve the activists' aims"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-165) and index.
Contents "We in the underground are trying to do something else" : the Plowshares' history and development -- "Something deeper than reason" : the logic and tactics of symbolic disarmament -- "Our only real credential" : the rhetorical performance of symbolic boundaries -- "Just to speak the truth" : the Plowshares' theory of the case -- "Your honor, I object ... she is talking about God" : boundary negotiations in the courtroom.
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Subject Plowshares Eight (Group)
Plowshares Eight (Group)
Antinuclear movement -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Antinuclear movement.
Catholic Church.
Antinuclear movement -- United States.
United States.
Nuclear disarmament -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Nuclear disarmament -- Religious aspects.
Nuclear disarmament -- United States.
Nuclear disarmament.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Tobey, Kristen, 1978- Plowshares. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016] 9780271076720 (DLC) 2016012660 (OCoLC)948360618
ISBN 9780271078304 (electronic book)
0271078308 (electronic book)
9780271078281 (electronic book)
0271078286 (electronic book)
9780271076720
0271076720