Reflecting on America

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