December 9, 2005
Abstinence as Way of Defining Personal Identity
Jamie L. Mullaney, an assistant professor of sociology at Goucher College
Sex, alcohol, meat, cars, television, cellphones — you probably know someone who has vowed to live without one of these. In her new book, Everyone Is NOT Doing It: Abstinence and Personal Identity (University of Chicago Press), Ms. Mullaney explores the social performance of renunciation.
Q. You argue that sociologists have neglected the question of
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