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Challenges the conventional view, as well as post-structuralist scholarship that minimizes state power. Useful for scholars in many fields, this book examines birth-based theories of membership and group affiliations in political societies ranging from the Athenian polis, to tribes of Australia, to the French Republic, to the contemporary US.

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"Stevens has written an imaginative, detailed, and meticulously documented analysis... This is a stimulating book that will reward readers in many disciplines."--Choice

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii Preface ix Introduction 3 One The State of Membership 50 Two The Nation and the Tragedy of Birth 102 Three The Semiotics of Nationality: Naming Names 149 Four Race and the State: Male-Order Brides and the Geographies of Race 172 Five Compensatory Kinship Rules: The Mother of Gender 209 Six The Religious Future 236 Conclusion 267 Bibliograpby 281 Index 299

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/08/1999
      ISBN13: 9780691017143, 978-0691017143
      ISBN10: 069101714X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Challenges the conventional view, as well as post-structuralist scholarship that minimizes state power. Useful for scholars in many fields, this book examines birth-based theories of membership and group affiliations in political societies ranging from the Athenian polis, to tribes of Australia, to the French Republic, to the contemporary US.

      Trade Review
      "Stevens has written an imaginative, detailed, and meticulously documented analysis... This is a stimulating book that will reward readers in many disciplines."--Choice

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments vii Preface ix Introduction 3 One The State of Membership 50 Two The Nation and the Tragedy of Birth 102 Three The Semiotics of Nationality: Naming Names 149 Four Race and the State: Male-Order Brides and the Geographies of Race 172 Five Compensatory Kinship Rules: The Mother of Gender 209 Six The Religious Future 236 Conclusion 267 Bibliograpby 281 Index 299

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