{"product_id":"9781350246287","title":"Discourse and Ideology A Critique of the Study of Culture","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDiscourse and Ideology\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Critique of the Study of Culture\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCraig Martin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the American Academy of Religion's Analytical-Descriptive Studies Book Award 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on poststructuralist approaches, Craig Martin outlines a theory of discourse, ideology, and domination that can be used by scholars and students to understand these central elements in the study of culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book shows how discourses are used to construct social institutions-often classist, sexist, or racist-and that those social institutions always entail a distribution of resources and capital in ways that capacitate some subject positions over others. Such asymmetrical power relations are often obscured by ideologies that offer demonstrably false accounts of why those asymmetries exist or persist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author provides a method of reading in order to bring matters into relief, and the last chapter provides a case study that applies his theory and method to racist ideologies in the United States, which systematically function to discourage white Americans from sympathizing with poor African Americans, thereby contributing to reinforcing the latter's place at the bottom of a racial hierarchy that has always existed in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCraig Martin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Religious Studies at St. Thomas Aquinas College, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCapitalizing Religion\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eIdeology and the Opiate of the Bourgeoisie \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2014) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eStereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clichés \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2017). He is the series editor for \u003ci\u003eCritiquing Religion: Discourse, Culture, Power. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 December 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350246287\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e296\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369438249100,"sku":"9781350246287","price":33.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_5c8f40bd-1ae7-4531-89b1-998967438760.jpg?v=1783879144","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350246287","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}