MisReading America Scriptures and Difference
MisReading America Scriptures and Difference by Vincent L. Wimbush, published by OUP USA on August 29, 2013, offers a scholarly exploration of reading formations within American communities of color. This 336-page work delves into the concept of “scripturalizing,” using it as a lens to analyze the social dynamics and practices of marginalized groups in the United States. The book examines how scriptures serve as shorthand for complex social phenomena, reflecting the self-understandings and political orientations of these communities.
Readers will find a detailed discussion on the pressures these communities face to conform to conventional forms of communication and representation, as well as their efforts to challenge and redefine these norms. The text highlights the importance of meaningful relationships and the need for ongoing dialogue in confronting the centering politics and myths that shape American identity. Through original research and thoughtful conversation, this edition provides insights into the intersections of religion and history in the Americas, making it a significant contribution to the discourse on cultural representation and identity.
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MisReading America presents original research on and conversation about reading formations in American communities of color, using the phenomenon of the reading of scriptures—”scripturalizing”—as an analytical wedge. Scriptures here are understood as shorthand for complex social phenomena, practices, and dynamics. The authors take up scripturalizing as a window onto the self-understandings, politics, practices, and orientations of marginalized communities. These communities have in common the context that is the United States, with the challenges it holds for all regarding: pressure to conform to conventional-canonical forms of communication, representation, and embodiment (mimicry); opportunities to speak back to and confront and overturn conventionality (interruptions); and the need to experience ongoing meaningful and complex relationships (reorientation) to the centering politics, practices, and myths that define ”America.”
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