American heathens : the politics of identity in a pagan religious movement /
Jennifer Snook.
- ix, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Becoming Heathen -- Fleeing the Cross and the Pentacle: Resistance and Opposition in the Maintenance of Collective Identity -- Neo-Heathens and Reconstructionists: The Project and Problems of Constructing a Heathen Nomos -- Cyber Hofs and Armchair Vikings: Building Community through Social Networks (but Not without Problems) -- Valkyries and Frithweavers: Women's Shifting Roles--from Warriors to Domestic Caretakers -- Honoring the Ancestors: Dealing with Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Whiteness in Constructing an Ethnic Folkway -- The Long Journey.