Everyone is NOT doing it : abstinence and personal identity / Jamie L. Mullaney.

Author: Mullaney, Jamie L.

Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Descriptionxi, 223 p. ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-215) and index.

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