1. Introduction: Upon Further Reflection 7
Clare L. Boulanger
2. America-The View from across the (Reflecting) Pond 9
Clare L. Boulanger
Ecology/Economy
3. Mickey, Nicky, and Barbie: Kinderculture in America 17
Richard H. Robbins
4. Consuming Ourselves to Death 29
Richard Wilk
5. The Button: Not a Simple Notion 41
Paul Grebinger
6. Safety and Health in the Safer and Healthier Agriculture 51
Brandi Janssen
Family Life and Leisure
7. Chauffeuring and Commuting: A Story of Work, Family, Class, and Community 65
Lara Descartes, Conrad P. Kottak, and Autumn Kelly
8. Military Families: The Long Journey Home 81
Sarah Hautzinger and Jean Scandlyn
9. Every Time We Type Goodbye: Heartbreak American-Style 97
Ilana Gershon
10. Striptease, Leisure, and Labor in the Midwestern United States 105
Beth Hartman
1. Introduction: Upon Further Reflection 7
Clare L. Boulanger
2. America-The View from across the (Reflecting) Pond 9
Clare L. Boulanger
Ecology/Economy
3. Mickey, Nicky, and Barbie: Kinderculture in America 17
Richard H. Robbins
4. Consuming Ourselves to Death 29
Richard Wilk
5. The Button: Not a Simple Notion 41
Paul Grebinger
6. Safety and Health in the Safer and Healthier Agriculture 51
Brandi Janssen
Family Life and Leisure
7. Chauffeuring and Commuting: A Story of Work, Family, Class, and Community 65
Lara Descartes, Conrad P. Kottak, and Autumn Kelly
8. Military Families: The Long Journey Home 81
Sarah Hautzinger and Jean Scandlyn
9. Every Time We Type Goodbye: Heartbreak American-Style 97
Ilana Gershon
10. Striptease, Leisure, and Labor in the Midwestern United States 105
Beth Hartman
Class and Power
11. Talk of Broken Borders and Stone Walls: Anti-immigrant Discourse
and Legislation from California to South Carolina 121
Ann Kingsolver
12. Gender, Race, and Class in America: Home in New Haven 135
Micaela di Leonardo
13. Welcome to an East Harlem Shooting Gallery 151
Philippe Bourgois
14. A Pilgrimage to the Past: Civil War Reenactors at Gettysburg 167
Matthew H. Amster
15. Memories of Burning Man 181
S. Megan Heller
16. When Worlds Collude: Groundhog Phil and the Super Bowl Meet
on Candlemas 193
Robert Myers
17. Metakinesis: How God Becomes Intimate in Contemporary
American Christianity 205
Tanya M. Luhrmann
Ideology
18. Little Boys Writ Big: Gender, Economy, and The Big Bang Theory 225
Clare L. Boulanger
19. Warmaking as the American Way of Life 237
Catherine Lutz
20. American Cultural Denial: The CATs' Compass 253
E. L. Cerroni-Long
21. Living Up to Our Words 265
Paul Durrenberger
11. Talk of Broken Borders and Stone Walls: Anti-immigrant Discourse
and Legislation from California to South Carolina
Ann Kingsolver
12. Gender, Race, and Class in America: Home in New Haven
Micaela di Leonardo
13. Welcome to an East Harlem Shooting Gallery
Philippe Bourgois
14. A Pilgrimage to the Past: Civil War Reenactors at Gettysburg
Matthew H. Amster
15. Memories of Burning Man
S. Megan Heller
16. When Worlds Collude: Groundhog Phil and the Super Bowl Meet on Candlemas
Robert Myers
17. Metakinesis: How God Becomes Intimate in Contemporary
American Christianity
Tanya M. Luhrmann
Ideology
18. Little Boys Writ Big: Gender, Economy, and The Big Bang Theory
Clare L. Boulanger
19. Warmaking as the American Way of Life
Catherine Lutz
20. American Cultural Denial: The CATs' Compass
E. L. Cerroni-Long
21. Living Up to Our Words
Paul Durrenberger