Distinct Practices Research Articles

Manifestations of Urban Interiority in Delhi Gate Bazaar of Lahore

In the contemporary debate, the notion of interiority has expanded beyond the confines of the interior, in the urban realm, as a conjunction of urban and interior conditions. This article aims to contribute to the discourse, using the lens of urban interiority to explore the unique spatial character and distinct cultural practices in Lahore’s Delhi Gate Bazaar. The bazaar exists on a linear passageway, the Royal Trail, as a network of interior, exterior, and in-between spaces—establishing a spatial continuum by blurring the boundaries between the public and private and uninterrupted flow of spaces from outside to inside. This urban space has a strong sense of history, culture, and traditions; constructing personal and collective engagement through modes of space inhabitation and appropriation. These practices include temporal improvisation and modification of certain aspects for everyday use and environmental alteration for achieving thermal comfort, along with synchronised occurrences of cultural traditions and commercial activities. This article interprets observations through drawings to describe the experience of space through gradations of interiority and transition through thresholds, constructing visual narratives of diverse uses, activities, and the interaction between people, objects, and space.

Media practice and class-making: The anticipation of stigma and the cultural middle-class habitus

The relationship between media practices and social inequality has been studied within a range of sub-disciplines in media and communication studies and cultural sociology. In various, more or less direct, ways these studies point to the fact that habitus – the socially formed class specific relations to the social world – generates certain tastes, lifestyles, practices and preferences. When social groups form relatively distinct media practices, and distance themselves from the practices of other groups, they reproduce their social position, and ‘make’ their class. By analysing in-depth interviews with members of an emerging cultural middle-class, this study shows how class-making also manifests in the ways in which people expect that others would ‘look down’ on their media practices. By anticipating stigma from imagined others, the cultural middle-class stays in line with class-specific lifestyles and media practices, thus cementing their distinct character in the social space.

Palliative sedation: autonomy, suffering, and euthanasia.

This contemporary and novel review of palliative sedation explores some of the distinctive ethical problems associated with that intervention. It is timely in light of recent reviews of palliative care guidelines on the topic and given the current public debates around the related but distinct practice of euthanasia. The main themes discussed are patient autonomy, the nature of suffering and how to alleviate it, and the relationship between palliative sedation and euthanasia. First, palliative sedation poses a significant problem for patient autonomy, both in terms of securing informed consent and in terms of the ongoing effect on individual well-being. Second, as an intervention to alleviate suffering, it is appropriate only in limited cases and counterproductive in others, for example, where an individual values their ongoing psychological or social agency more than the relief of pain or negative experience. Third, people's ethical views about palliative sedation are often coloured by their understanding of the legal and moral status of assisted dying and euthanasia; this is unhelpful and occludes the interesting and urgent ethical questions raised by palliative sedation as a distinct end-of-life intervention.

Anjuman, jami‘at, and association: what Sayyid organizations tell us about associational forms among Muslim caste groups

ABSTRACT In the early decades of the twentieth century in colonial India, the development of education, the expansion of electoral politics, and the decennial censuses led many caste communities, or ‘caste groups’, to organize collectively in search of internal solidarity and public assertion. Informed by the notions of service and reform, Muslims participated in this new associationism. Among them, the Sayyids – a privileged status group that claims descent from Prophet Muhammad – also formed their organizations. This article compares three Sayyid organizations in India and Pakistan, with two principal aims. First, it brings out the implicit notions of inclusion and exclusion that inform the functioning of the organizations as they seek community preservation. Second, it draws broader conclusions about associational forms available to South Asian Muslims when they act collectively on the basis of a shared social status or caste. The article concludes by delineating three ‘organizational models’ that Muslim caste groups can draw upon – the anjuman, the jami‘at, and the association. Overall, this article illustrates how Muslims frame practices of social distinction in an Islamic language of equality, piety, or service.

Repertoire as Infrastructure for Architectural Historiographical Crafts in the Sahrawi Refugee Camps

This article retraces a discussion with Gurba M. L., a Sahrawi activist who participated in building the refugee camp of Smara near Tindouf, Algeria, and Lahsen S. S. B, a Sahrawi researcher and collaborator in the Oral Memory Conservation project of the Ministry of Culture. Drawing on fieldwork and recent scholarship in performance studies and architectural history, it describes the repertoire as an infrastructure for historiographical crafts and alternative to the archives in transmitting and preserving gestures, movements and orality for the Sahrawi people. As performed ephemerally through distinct spatial practices in the domesticities of the camp, the repertoire constructs space and history outside of prevalent judiciary and nation-state paradigms that bias documentary evidence to legitimize claims to space and land. Gurba’s performance of nomadic spatial practices illuminates broader Sahrawi resistance efforts seeking to realize epistemic and reparative justice, maintaining the futurities preempted by war and colonialism, while conflict is ongoing, refugees displaced, and Western Sahara’s plentiful deserts plundered.

Pathways to the therapist paragon: a decolonial grounded theory.

While many professional associations within clinical and counseling psychology have made an aspirational call for clinician awareness of social position, there is a lack of research into how socially-conferred privilege impacts psychotherapy. Specifically of interest is the differences in race and gender within the therapeutic dyad, in which there is a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color)/white or male/female-identified dynamic. The authors utilized a Grounded Theory approach to analyze qualitative interviews with practicing psychologists to construct a process model regarding how socially-conferred privileged identity domains impact the therapeutic relationship and the participants' professionalization process. The analysis identified the core conceptual theme of the Therapist Paragon, representing an idealized version of what a perfect therapist should be. This replicated the foundational figures of our field - primarily older, white men. The process model consisted of two distinct pathways toward the Therapist Paragon, one for BIPOC psychologists and one for white psychologists. The female BIPOC pathway consisted of imposter syndrome, persistent feelings of inadequacy, and tendencies to over-credential their professional identity to seek credibility in the eyes of clients and colleagues. The white pathway consisted of down-playing whiteness and attempting to initially modify behavior toward client cultural norms. The results point to a distinct professionalization and practice process for BIPOC psychologists compared to white counterparts. This dynamic may have implications beyond increasing support for BIPOC clinicians specifically, but instead indicate a lack of acknowledgement of the psychological impact of socially-conferred privilege in the psychotherapy enterprise overall. Recommendations are offered for revisions to training models, continuing education, and supervision/consultation.

Human (Relational) Dignity: Perspectives of Followers of Indigenous Religions of Indonesia

Religion and dignity are a two-sided coin for followers of Indigenous Religions in Indonesia. Dignity is the relationally inherent worth in both human and non-human beings. To give and receive dignity, one ought to be religious, which is to engage in interpersonal relationships with all beings, human and non-human. This article draws on data from two decades of engagement with followers of Indigenous Religions through extensive fieldwork, activism, and community service. It explores the distinctive worldviews and practices of Indonesian Indigenous Peoples, which many have maintained in the face of external incursions by governments, corporations, and missionaries, and internal encroachments from within their communities. Their worldviews spring from interrelational cosmology, which posits that relational dignity is a religious norm. This cosmology is institutionalized with adat (customary) systems that enact and reproduce relational dignity. The article concludes with a call to better understand and recognize Indigenous Religions by expanding the definition of religion to include the notion of relational dignity when considering how scholars and policymakers conceptualize and implement policies on freedom of religion or belief.

African Gowns and Turkish Buttons: Global Horizons of Material Expertise in a German Town

Abstract This article enquires into how townspeople in early modern Germany invested objects of foreign origin with meaning in the context of urban material culture. The basis of the argument are two interconnected case studies from Ulm in south-west Germany. The first part analyses how the seventeenth-century merchant Christoph Weickmann made sense of African artefacts which he displayed to visitors in his cabinet of curiosities, showing that his appreciation of them was closely linked to contemporary urban notions, regimes and practices of sartorial distinction. The second part zooms in on another object from Weickmann’s collection, a prayer chain with ‘Turkish’ buttons, the actual origin of which he kept secret. The biography of this object can, however, be reconstructed from the surviving narrative of its maker, Hans Ulrich Krafft, a patrician from Ulm who learned the craft of button-making and besides excelled at repairing mechanical clocks during his captivity in Tripoli in the 1570s. In his narrative, Krafft boasted about his skills as an artisan, but the manuscript was kept in the family. Nor did Weickmann, who later acquired some of the buttons made by Krafft, disclose their story, which would not have befitted a member of the patriciate. The two case studies thus demonstrate how the ‘foreignness’ of such artefacts was just one of several layers of meaning and value that were produced by the local urban community in interaction with the material qualities of the objects.

From media to mediations: unexpected readings

This essay critically reviews Jesús Martín-Barbero's 1987 book, “De los medios a las mediaciones”, and its influence on Latin American cultural studies after its first decade of publication. Highlighting the work's seminal contributions, it also underscores its participation in the emergence of dialogues and interdisciplinary studies on mass and popular culture. The essay acknowledges Martín-Barbero's distinctive intellectual practices, which set him apart from other traditions in communication studies: his ability to redefine—or localize—a rebellious, yet fruitful relationship with European critical theory, the potential in the reappropriation of ideas, and the mindful transformation of his oeuvre attuned to audience reception and engagement.

Conceptualizing Indigenous Identity: Negotiation of Internal and External Factors for Indigenization

This paper discussed the concept of the Indigenous Peoples based on the cultural concept of ethnolinguistics group in the Philippines that are in the level of endangerment. The objectives of this study are the following: to identify who are the indigenous of the Philippines by highlighting distinct cultures and practices of indigenous peoples such as hunting, family, rituals, and other cultural aspects; to enumerate the specific terms used by indigenous peoples related to their indigenous ways and practices; to analyze how their indigenous system and practices significant to their assertion as indigenous peoples; and to explore the issues and challenges faced by indigenous peoples in the country. The development of the identity and concept of indigenous peoples is anchored on the internal and external experiences of the community. External factors refer to social norms, standards, and policies that affect the assertion of the indigenous peoples in the country, while internal factors refer to the lens or perspective of indigenous peoples based on their organic culture and indigenous narratives. External factors include the Republic Act No. 8371 also known as Indigenous Peoples Right Act of 1997 (IPRA 1997) and other government policies, while community assertions and indigenous cultures are used as an internal basis for understanding the concept of "indigenous." The negotiation of two factors is essential to understand the concept of Indigenous Peoples. In relation community assertion and indigenous cultures, this study presented some terminologies of the unique cultures and indigenous knowledge of the Dumagat- Bulos from Sierra Mountain range of Doña Remedios Tridinad, Bulacan, Philippines.

Data driven insights from multiple OCM practices to optimize care for managing high-risk cancer patients across multiple cancer types.

6576 Background: Medicare’s Oncology Care Model (OCM) aims to improve the quality and coordination of care for cancer patients. Previously, Integra Connect (IC) developed machine learning (ML) based risk prediction models called Integra Predict (IP) for In-Patient Admissions, Emergency Department Visits and End-of-Life in active chemotherapy patients within the next six months. The patients were risk-stratified with the purpose of optimizing clinical resources utilization. Our objective is to demonstrate the insights derived from an updated IP version applied to OCM patients from three IC network practices: P1 (a multi-state network of community oncology practices), P2 (a single site community oncology practice) and P3 (a regional network of oncology practices connected to academic medical institution). Methods: For training the ML models, 90,417 OCM reconciliation episodes from PP4–PP8 (Jan. 2018-June 2020) from 10 distinct IC practices were used. The models comprise 37 features: 12 adverse events (within last 6 month of episode start date), 7 comorbidities (in the past irrespective of lookback period), 7 latest vital sign measurements recorded within 30 days of date of prediction, 11 demographic and other clinical attributes. Based on LogLoss, 54 ML experiments were performed leading to three best algorithms to predict the risk for In-Patient Admissions, Emergency Department Visits and End of Life. To generalize our ML approach, we leveraged an additional holdout dataset in periods PP9 and PP10 (July 2020 - June 2021) pertaining to practices P1, P2 and P3 with 6378, 973 and 5921 episodes, respectively. Matthew Correlation Coefficient (MCC) was chosen as the metric to test the generalizability of the models. For each model, the variance of MCC was then computed. To uncover secondary factors influencing clinical care, top-3 frequently reported adverse events and top-5 comorbidities were determined. Results: For each ML model, the variance of MCC applied to the holdout dataset was low (order of 10-4). Types of cancers reported differed within P1, P2 and P3. However, across these practices, irrespective of the cancer type, the most frequently reported adverse events (pain, anemia, and cachexia) and comorbidities (cardiovascular disease, chronic pulmonary disease, dyspnea at rest, dorsopathies and renal disease or failure) observed were the same. Conclusions: Low variance in MCC implies ML models are applicable to different types of community oncology practices. A care coordination program for high-risk cancer patients involving the monitoring of pain, cachexia and anemia can lead to optimal utilization of clinical resources within these practices. Program expansion involving optimal management of comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, chronic pulmonary disease, diabetes, dyspnea at rest and renal disease or failure may yield additional benefits.

Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery ed. by Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby

Reviewed by: Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery ed. by Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby Nora Doyle (bio) Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery. Edited by Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2021. Pp. 240. Cloth, $45.00.) Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery continues the conversations begun during a symposium on medicine and healing in the age of slavery that took place at Rice University in 2018. The essays in this collection center the knowledge and experiences of enslaved people in a range of Atlantic world contexts, while also revealing how state and medical authorities used medical knowledge and practice to shape ideas about race and to assert control over enslaved bodies. Spanning the early sixteenth century to the late nineteenth century and considering such locations as West Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United States, the essays offer an exciting glimpse into new directions in the history of slavery and medicine. Inspired by the work of such scholars as Sharla Fett, whose epilogue concludes the volume, this collection decenters Western medical traditions [End Page 243] and emphasizes the ways in which healing practices were embedded in the social dynamics of slave societies and communities of enslaved people. There were many traditions of health and healing that defined the Atlantic world between 1500 and 1900, and often these traditions contained unexpected similarities. The transmission and exchange of knowledge and practice created new contexts of cooperation and contestation, contributed to the formation of new identities and new concepts of race, and allowed enslaved people to develop creative strategies of self-healing. The volume is organized thematically around the concepts of knowledge, experience, and profession, further reinforcing the ways in which histories of healing traverse more traditional boundaries of geography and periodization. The three essays that constitute the first section, on knowledge, explore healing traditions that were indigenous to Africa and the Americas and the ways these traditions persisted and evolved in the face of colonization and slavery. These essays highlight the roles that Africans and Native Americans played as healers and purveyors of knowledge. Mary E. Hicks’s essay centers the practices of Black barbers and Brazilian sangradores, who drew on West African healing traditions to develop “adaptive strategies of bodily restoration” (64). The practice of bloodletting was particularly significant in that it drew on West African traditions, but also shared important similarities with European healing practices, giving the practitioners significant credibility in the eyes of European colonial and medical authorities. This relationship changed over time, however, and by the late eighteenth century, European physicians began to insist on the superiority of their medical knowledge and to minimize other healing traditions as superstition rather than science. The essays in this section highlight the diverse traditions of knowledge that sometimes converged and sometimes competed in the Atlantic world, giving rise to distinctive practices and social relations of healing. The three essays in the second part of the volume focus on enslaved people’s experiences of illness and healing and highlight the contested nature of the medical archive. Beginning with a meditation on methodology by Deirdre Cooper Owens, the essays point to new interpretations and new approaches that recover the lived experiences of enslaved people and the strategies they used to control their own health and medical care. Elise A. Mitchell’s essay reexamines cases of feigned illness among enslaved women to recover their very real experiences of illness and injury. While previous scholars have interpreted accusations of feigned illness as instances of resistance, Mitchell argues that enslaved women in particular were often falsely accused of feigning illness because of slaveholders’ [End Page 244] racialized and gendered beliefs about deception and suffering. She suggests that these cases were defined by real suffering (and sometimes healing), and she calls on scholars to focus on “the crucial quotidian work of survival, self-reliance, and self-advocacy that happened in the thick of slavery” (112). The essays in this section emphasize the emotional and physical experiences of enslaved people and, as Brandi M. Waters writes, explore the many strategies enslaved people used to “pursue healing on their own...

The Theo-Management Model: An Investigation into The Implementation and Impact of Islamic Corporate Culture at LP3I Purwokerto

This study explores the implementation of theologically-based, or "Theo-management,” specifically within the context of LP3I Purwokerto, a leading Islamic vocational college in Indonesia. The objective is to investigate the unique interplay between Islamic theological values and the development of corporate culture and its impact on organizational behavior in the institution. Adopting a phenomenological approach within a naturalistic qualitative research design, the study employs interviews, observational techniques, and document analysis to collect a comprehensive dataset. Findings unveil six distinctive practices embedding Islamic principles into the corporate culture, fostering a religious observance sphere that influences work ethics, employee motivation, organizational learning, loyalty, and belief in the divine. While providing a nuanced understanding of the Theo-management model's potential benefits, the study's context-specificity prompts further exploration into diverse organizational and cultural settings. Thus, the research contributes to a deeper comprehension of religious influence on corporate culture and organizational behavior while calling for extended investigations in varied environments.

‘Capturing the shining moments’: performing liminoid Seichi Junrei on social media

ABSTRACT Seichi Junrei (聖地巡礼) is an emerging form of tourism in which visitors pilgrimage to locations depicted in cultural works. It has been popularized by visitors through creative representations on social media. This article conducts a netnography of Seichi Junrei experiences on Douban, a Chinese social media platform related to popular culture, to examine the application of liminoid in tourism in a media-saturated era. Findings show that Seichi Junrei is liminoid in that pilgrims sanctify ordinary locations and perform distinct practices from the mundane. The characteristics of anti-structure become ambiguous as Seichi Junrei is reproduced in a structured condition constructed by pilgrimage manners. However, the combinations of pilgrims’ subjectivity, communal admiration for cultural works, and platform vernaculars and affordances of Douban support expressions of Seichi Junrei as an engagement of aura that transcends the norms. The article contributes to studies of the intersection of tourist experiences, liminality, and social media by exploring how social media perpetuates and reconceptualizes liminoid in Seichi Junrei.

REFLECTIONS ON SUPERVISION IN INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY

Psychotherapy supervision is a distinct professional practice that adapts the style and content of the supervision to the supervisee’s phase of development. This article describes various phases of psychotherapy supervision. In the Skill Development phase, the initial focus is on the trainee's acquiring of information and techniques, as well as developing an ethical perspective; the Confidence Building phase focus is on the well-being of the supervisee; the Thinking Theoretically and Skill Refinement phase focuses on the supervisee exploring a variety of psychotherapy options; and, the Multi-theoretical phase emphasizes integrating various theoretical perspectives. The advantages and disadvantages of addressing countertransference and possibly providing some psychotherapy for the supervisee are discussed. The article concludes with eight guiding principles that are central in every phase of supervision.

Parents of preschoolers use multiple strategies to feed their children: Findings from an observational video pilot study

The current study leveraged observational data collection methods to fill gaps in our understanding of parent approach to feeding as well as child responses to various parental approaches. Specifically, the study aimed to: 1) characterize the broad range of food parenting practices used by parents of preschoolers during shared mealtimes at home, including differences by child gender, and 2) describe child responses to specific parent feeding practices. Forty parent-child dyads participated by recording two in-home shared meals. Meals were coded using a behavioral coding scheme that coded the occurrence of 11 distinct food parenting practices (e.g. indirect and direct commands, praise, bribes) and eight child responses (e.g., eat, refuse, cry/whine) to food parenting practices. Results revealed that parents engaged in a broad range of food parenting practices at meals. On average, parents in our sample used 10.51 (SD 7.83; Range 0–30) total food parenting practices per mealtime with a mean use of 3.38 (SD 1.67; Range 0–8) unique food parenting practices per mealtime. Use of indirect and direct commands to eat were most common; direct and indirect commands were used by 97.5% (n = 39) and 87.5% (n = 35) of parents at meals, respectively. No statistically significant differences were observed by child gender. No one specific feeding practice consistently yielded compliance or refusal to eat from the child, instead child responses were often mixed (e.g., compliance followed by refusal and/or refusal followed by compliance). However, use of praise to prompt eating was the practice that most often resulted in child compliance; 80.8% of children complied following parent's use of praise as a prompt to eat. Findings deepen our understanding of the types and frequency of food parenting practices used by parents of preschoolers during meals eaten at home and illuminate child responses to specific food parenting practices.

Fostering existential well-being: mobility, dwelling, and Undocumented Student Resource Centers in California

In recent years, scholars have taken increased interest in the existential dimensions of human im/mobility largely to trace how growing numbers of persons across the globe are pressed to navigate increasingly restrictive mobility regimes. The focus on restrictive contexts has, however, deterred researchers from considering experiences of well-being in precarious conditions. This paper shows how a place-based approach to the study of im/mobility can address this gap by directing scholarly attention to supportive places that promote the well-being of various groups facing limited social conditions. Drawing upon phenomenological healthcare studies, I theorize existential well-being as a dialectic of dwelling-mobility, and study how an increasingly visible supportive place on college campuses in California—namely, the Undocumented Student Resource Center (USRC)—impacts the existential experiences of undocumented students involved in its operations. I theorize ‘place’ from a sociocultural psychological perspective, viewing USRCs as dynamic, psycho-social-material realities produced by USRC staff and students involved in distinct meaning-making practices. I then discuss research conducted with an USRC in Northern California to show how its distinct socio-material design and psychosocial practices contributed to the development of existential well-being in undocumented students. I conclude that a place-based approach to the study of existential im/mobility can shed light on well-being experiences that are not dependent on the eradication of restrictive mobility regimes and (as such) can contribute to social change.

Modes of (R)existence in Brazilian Traditional Cultures: Ancestry and Queerness in the Subversive Performance of the Carimbó Cobra Venenosa

Abstract: Based on collaborative research on the Carimbó Cobra Venenosa group, this article discusses how traditional expressions are shaped by LGBTQIA+ performers and how perceptions of the LGBTQIA+ community are potentially altered when feminist and queer artists perform traditional folk genres. Carimbó is a form of music, dance, and sociability typical of the state of Pará (Amazonia, Northern Brazil). Although it has historically been a source of Black and popular subaltern resistance, it has also been structured by sexist, binary, and heteronormative perspectives. Cobra Venenosa is a carimbó group that invests in a subversive performance in which LGBTQIA+ activism is key. Cobra's aesthetic and political choices are characteristic of contemporary performative arts and artivism. However, the ensemble claims to be pau e corda —a vernacular category referring to carimbó traditional styles. Cobra's insistence on simultaneously occupying these two places challenges the limits of traditional carimbó from within. This article contributes to the visibility of feminist and queer experiences in the universe of traditional cultures, revealing the presence of distinct values, practices, subjects, and conflicts. It dialogues with feminist, queer, intersectional, and decolonial studies, and points to potential theoretical and analytical gains resulting from the study of nonconformant cases.

Modes of (R)existence in Brazilian Traditional Cultures: Ancestry and Queerness in the Subversive Performance of the Carimbó Cobra Venenosa

Abstract: Based on collaborative research on the Carimbó Cobra Venenosa group, this article discusses how traditional expressions are shaped by LGBTQIA+ performers and how perceptions of the LGBTQIA+ community are potentially altered when feminist and queer artists perform traditional folk genres. Carimbó is a form of music, dance, and sociability typical of the state of Pará (Amazonia, Northern Brazil). Although it has historically been a source of Black and popular subaltern resistance, it has also been structured by sexist, binary, and heteronormative perspectives. Cobra Venenosa is a carimbó group that invests in a subversive performance in which LGBTQIA+ activism is key. Cobra's aesthetic and political choices are characteristic of contemporary performative arts and artivism. However, the ensemble claims to be pau e corda —a vernacular category referring to carimbó traditional styles. Cobra's insistence on simultaneously occupying these two places challenges the limits of traditional carimbó from within. This article contributes to the visibility of feminist and queer experiences in the universe of traditional cultures, revealing the presence of distinct values, practices, subjects, and conflicts. It dialogues with feminist, queer, intersectional, and decolonial studies, and points to potential theoretical and analytical gains resulting from the study of nonconformant cases.

Review: Imperial Zions: Religion, Race, and Family in the American West and the Pacific, by Amanda Hendrix-Komoto

Book Review| May 01 2023 Review: Imperial Zions: Religion, Race, and Family in the American West and the Pacific, by Amanda Hendrix-Komoto Imperial Zions: Religion, Race, and Family in the American West and the Pacific. By Amanda Hendrix-Komoto. (Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 2022. 282 pp.) Tisa Wenger Tisa Wenger Yale University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (2023) 92 (2): 315–316. https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.2.315 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Tisa Wenger; Review: Imperial Zions: Religion, Race, and Family in the American West and the Pacific, by Amanda Hendrix-Komoto. Pacific Historical Review 1 May 2023; 92 (2): 315–316. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.2.315 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentPacific Historical Review Search The field of Mormon studies was once isolated, in Jan Shipps’s memorable phrase, like a “donut hole” in the larger field of U.S. Western history. Today, although many historians remain uncomfortable with the subject of religion, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is no longer uniquely set apart. With Imperial Zions, Amanda Hendrix-Komoto adds to a burgeoning scholarship that locates Latter-day Saints as very much a part of the history of empire-building in the American West and across the Pacific world. And while the book is unevenly argued, it raises an essential set of questions that future historians of this church will be unable to ignore. Hendrix-Komoto aims to connect the Latter-day Saints’ distinctive theology and practice of plural marriage with their simultaneous participation in U.S. imperial expansion. Ideas about gender and the family, she notes, were (and still are) inextricably tied up with the racial hierarchies... You do not currently have access to this content.