Publication Cover
Sociological Spectrum
Mid-South Sociological Association
Volume 39, 2019 - Issue 2
754
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Prepper-Worthy Identity Work: A Cultural Repertoire for Constructing a Secure Self in an Insecure World

ORCID Icon &

References

  • Aldousari, Abdullah A. 2015. “Exploring Consumer Behavior under Perceived Threat.” PhD dissertation, Department of Management, Rutgers University.
  • Bennett, Jessica. 2009. “The Rise of the Preppers: America's New Survivalists.” Newsweek, December 27, 2009 Retrieved from: (http://www.newsweek.com/rise-preppers-americas-new-survivalists-75537).
  • Ching, Barbara, and Gerald W. Creed. 1997. Knowing Your Place: Rural Identity and Cultural Hierarchy. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Creswell, John W. 1998. Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Traditions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Edensor, Tim. 2006. "Performing Rurality." Handbook of Rural Studies. 484–495. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Feuer, Alan. 2013. “The Preppers Next Door.” The New York Times January 27, 2013, :MB1.
  • Fulkerson, Gregory M., and Alexander R. Thomas. 2016. Reinventing Rural: New Realities in an Urbanizing World. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
  • Gonowon, Carmen N. 2011. “Just in Case: An Empirical-Phenomenological Analysis of the Lived Experience of Modern Survivalists.” PhD dissertation, Department of Psychology, Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
  • Grigsby, Mary. 2004. Buying Time and Getting by: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
  • Grigsby, Mary. 2012. Noodlers in Missouri: Fishing for Identity in a Rural Subculture. Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press.
  • Imel-Hartford, Lee’ Ann D. 2013. “The Preppers: A Multiple Case Study of Individuals Who Choose a Moderate Survivalist Lifestyle.” PhD dissertation, Department of Business and Technology, Northcentral University. Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database, 3537105.
  • Johnson, Jennifer A. 2010. “Using Gender: The Personal, Interpersonal, and Emotional Strategies of Domestic Labor.” Sociological Spectrum: Mid-South Sociological Association 30 (6):695–724. doi: 10.1080/02732173.2010.510060.
  • Kabel, Allison, and Catherine Chmidling. 2014. “Disaster Prepper: Health, Identity, and American Survivalist Culture.” Human Organization 73 (3):258–266. doi: 10.17730/humo.73.3.l34252tg03428527.
  • Kondo, Marie. 2014. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.
  • Lakoff, George. 2016. Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
  • Lamont, Michèle. 2000. The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class and Immigration. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Lowe, Brian M. 2016. "Reconsidering the Rural in the End." Reimagining Rural: Urbanormative Portrayals of Rural Life. 73–93. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
  • McGrath, Michael. 2017. “The Life-Changing Magic of Doomsday Prepping.” GQ, January 24, 2017. Retrieved from (http://www.gq.com/story/the-life-changing-magic-of-doomsday-prepping).
  • Mitchell, Richard G. 2002. Dancing at Armageddon: Survivalism and Chaos in Modern Times. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
  • O’Brien, Keith. 2012. “How to Survive Societal Collapse in Suburbia.” New York Times Magazine November 16, 2012, p. MM36.
  • Osnos, Evan. 2017. “Survival of the Richest.” The New Yorker, January 30, 2017. Retrieved from (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich).
  • Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2010. Cartographies of Knowledge: Exploring Qualitative Epistemologies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Peterson, Richard G. 1984. “Preparing for Apocalypse: Survivalist Strategies.” Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology 12 (1):44–46.
  • Pruitt, Lisa R., and Marta R. Vanegas. 2015. “Urbanormativity, Spatial Privilege, and Judicial Blind Spots in Abortion Law.” Berkeley Journal of Gender Law & Justice 30 (1): 76–153.
  • Schwalbe, Michael L. 1996. Unlocking the Iron Cage: The Men's Movement, Gender Politics, and American Culture. New York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.
  • Schwalbe, Michael L., and Douglas Mason-Schrock. 1996. “Identity Work as Group Process.” Advances in Group Processes 13 (113):47.
  • Small, Mario Luis, David J. Harding, and Michèle Lamont. 2010. “Introduction: Reconsidering Culture and Poverty.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 629 (1):6–27. doi: 10.1177/0002716210362077.
  • Swidler, Ann. 1986. “Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies.” American Sociological Review 51 (2):273–286. doi: 10.2307/2095521.
  • Taleb, Nicholas Nassim. 2012. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. New York, NY: Random House.
  • West, Candace, and Don H. Zimmerman. 1987. “Doing Gender.” Gender & Society 1 (2):125–151. doi: 10.1177/0891243287001002002.
  • Zimmer, Ben. 2012. “How to Talk Like a Doomsday Prepper. Boston Globe, December, 30 2012. Retrieved from: (https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/12/30/how-talk-like-doomsday-prepper/n5P4CeiU4Hj7QBO9k3SygN/story.html).

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.