Everyone Is Not Doing It: Abstinence and Personal Identity

by Jamie L. Mullaney

Labels like vegan, virgin, or nonsmoker get thrown around to identify forms of abstinence, but for many abstainers such labels are also proud declarations of who they are. Setting aside the moral debates and psychological assessments surrounding abstinence, Jamie L. Mullaney here asks why it is that the act of not doing something plays such a crucial role in the formation of our personal identities.

Based on interviews with individuals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226547574
• ISBN13: 9780226547572
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"