| Description |
xi, 223 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Seeing not-doing : time, place, and language -- Historical frames of abstinence -- Contemporary abstainers -- "You gotta run the whole tape" : pathways to abstinence -- Determining what counts : abstinence thresholds -- Fire walking -- Fence building -- Negotiating abstinence strategies -- Verbal performances of abstinence -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Identity (Psychology) -- Social aspects.
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Identity (Psychology) -- Social aspects. |
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Self-denial -- Social aspects.
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Self-denial. |
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Social aspects. |
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Taboo.
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Taboo. |
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Temptation.
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Temptation. |
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Temperance.
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Temperance. |
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Sexual abstinence.
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Sexual abstinence. |
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Vegetarianism.
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Vegetarianism. |
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Sexual abstinence. |
| ISBN |
0226547574 paperback alkaline paper |
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0226547566 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780226547565 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780226547572 paperback alkaline paper |
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