The Unbounded Self: Peak Experiences and Border Crossings in Southern Indiana
In early visits to Lothlorienwhich is a loosely Pagan community of environmentalists in IndianaI was confounded by attempts to categorize either the place or the people. As one of the founders said, I tend to run from labels so I don't know what I am. It's safer that way. In this paper...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Anthropological Association
[2015]
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Anthropology of consciousness
Year: 2015, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-155 |
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B life stories B Human Identity B North America B Peak Experience |
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| Summary: | In early visits to Lothlorienwhich is a loosely Pagan community of environmentalists in IndianaI was confounded by attempts to categorize either the place or the people. As one of the founders said, I tend to run from labels so I don't know what I am. It's safer that way. In this paper I explore four members' narratives about the emotional high points in their lives, where they often cross the usual boundaries of self and other. At the same time the subjectivity at the core of these experiences is something that is felt and that cannot be dismissed as a discursive construct. Through these narratives I attempt to understand selfhood as a processexperientially inescapable but essentially in flux. I see a strong case for anthropologists moving beyond an overly neat, overly dichotomized view of Western and non-Western senses of self. |
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| ISSN: | 1556-3537 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Anthropology of consciousness
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/anoc.12038 |