Everyone is not doing it : abstinence and personal identity /
Mullaney, Jamie L.
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-215) and index.
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.
Identity (Psychology)
Self-denial
Taboo.
Temptation.
Temperance.
Sexual abstinence.
Vegetarianism.