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Annus, Iren. "The Constitution of Mormon Identity," Institute for English and American Studies, Szeged University, July 2000.
This dissertation provides one possible approach to grasping the manner in which social identities are formed and maintained in contemporary societies. Rooted in the theory of structuration, which proposes that social realities are constituted through the duality of structure which binds actors and institutions together through social practices, the author explores daily social practices among the Latter-day Saints in the US and, through an evaluative analysis of these, attempts to prove that these practices are at the core of their identity maintenance. The dissertation also contends, however, that the ultimate force behind these practices is ideology and, through a criticism of previous scholarship on ethnic, national, and religious identity theories as well as on Mormon identity, it also advances an identity model for the Latter-day Saints. In the process, the author also offers an example of a practical application of structuration theory and shares her insights on and criticism of this theory.
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