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Lacan, J. (1977). Ecrits. New York: Norton.
Lalich, J. (2004). Bounded choice. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Lalich, J. (2006). Take back your life: Recovering from cults and abusive relationships. Berkeley, CA:
Bay Tree.
Lemert, E. M. (1951). Social pathology: Systematic approaches to the study of sociopathic behavior.
New York: McGraw-Hill.
Lifton, R. (1982). Thought reform and the psychology of totalism: A study of ‘brainwashing’ in China.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Lofland, John. (1977). Doomsday cult: A study of conversion, proselytization, and maintenance of
faith. New York: Halsted Press.
Mannheim, K. (1936). Ideology and utopia: An introduction to the sociology of knowledge (L. Wirth &
E. Shils, Trans.). New York: Harcourt, Brace.
Mead, G. H. (1934). Mind, self and society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Merriam-webster.com Accessed online at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hegemony
Mills, C. W. (1956). The power elite. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Petty, R. E., &Cacioppo, J. T. (1986). Communication and persuasion: Central and peripheral routes
to attitude change. New York: Springer.
Singer, Margaret T. (1995). Cults in our midst. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Weber, Max. (1947). Theory of social and economic organization. New York: Oxford University Press.
Williams, M. (1998). Heaven’s harlots: My fifteen years as a sacred prostitute in the Children of God
cult. New York: William Morrow and Company.
Miriam Williams Boeri, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Kennesaw State University in
Georgia. Her research focuses on ethnographic data collection and analysis of subcultures
considered deviant, including drug subcultures and new religious movements. She has
written one book on her involvement in a cult and a chapter in a book on sex and religion.
(mboeri@kennesaw.edu)
Karen Pressley is an author, CEO of KAP Communications in Atlanta, and a graduate
student pursuing her Master‘s in Professional Writing degree. Since leaving her 16-year
membership in the Church of Scientology, she has written books and articles about her
Scientology experiences, and is consulted regularly by media, former cult members, and
their families. Karen applies communication theory to bring further insight into the effects of
cult rhetoric on creativity, human rights violations within cults, and the power dynamics of
cult life. (gkpressley@att.net) and www.karenpressley.com.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2010, Volume 9, Number 1,
pages 173-213. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume.
This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
Lacan, J. (1977). Ecrits. New York: Norton.
Lalich, J. (2004). Bounded choice. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Lalich, J. (2006). Take back your life: Recovering from cults and abusive relationships. Berkeley, CA:
Bay Tree.
Lemert, E. M. (1951). Social pathology: Systematic approaches to the study of sociopathic behavior.
New York: McGraw-Hill.
Lifton, R. (1982). Thought reform and the psychology of totalism: A study of ‘brainwashing’ in China.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Lofland, John. (1977). Doomsday cult: A study of conversion, proselytization, and maintenance of
faith. New York: Halsted Press.
Mannheim, K. (1936). Ideology and utopia: An introduction to the sociology of knowledge (L. Wirth &
E. Shils, Trans.). New York: Harcourt, Brace.
Mead, G. H. (1934). Mind, self and society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Merriam-webster.com Accessed online at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hegemony
Mills, C. W. (1956). The power elite. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Petty, R. E., &Cacioppo, J. T. (1986). Communication and persuasion: Central and peripheral routes
to attitude change. New York: Springer.
Singer, Margaret T. (1995). Cults in our midst. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Weber, Max. (1947). Theory of social and economic organization. New York: Oxford University Press.
Williams, M. (1998). Heaven’s harlots: My fifteen years as a sacred prostitute in the Children of God
cult. New York: William Morrow and Company.
Miriam Williams Boeri, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Kennesaw State University in
Georgia. Her research focuses on ethnographic data collection and analysis of subcultures
considered deviant, including drug subcultures and new religious movements. She has
written one book on her involvement in a cult and a chapter in a book on sex and religion.
(mboeri@kennesaw.edu)
Karen Pressley is an author, CEO of KAP Communications in Atlanta, and a graduate
student pursuing her Master‘s in Professional Writing degree. Since leaving her 16-year
membership in the Church of Scientology, she has written books and articles about her
Scientology experiences, and is consulted regularly by media, former cult members, and
their families. Karen applies communication theory to bring further insight into the effects of
cult rhetoric on creativity, human rights violations within cults, and the power dynamics of
cult life. (gkpressley@att.net) and www.karenpressley.com.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2010, Volume 9, Number 1,
pages 173-213. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume.
This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
