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      Anthropological Views of U.S. Culture

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      Anthropological Views of U.S. Culture
      Edited ByClare L. Boulanger
      Edition 2nd Edition
      First Published 2016
      eBook Published 25 October 2017
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315089041
      Pages 280
      eBook ISBN 9781315089041
      Subjects Social Sciences
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      Boulanger, C.L. (Ed.). (2016). Reflecting on America: Anthropological Views of U.S. Culture (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315089041

      ABSTRACT

      Anthropologists travel back in time and across the globe to understand human culture but, surprise, there is culture right here in the United States. This second edition of the best-selling textbook and anthology, Reflecting on America, again focuses on how we can recognize the common cultural thread running through diverse American phenomena from heroin addiction and Big Business‘s efforts to shape the identities of children, to Civil War reenactments and the popularity of burlesque in the Midwest. In addition, this second edition includes chapters written especially for this volume on striptease, Burning Man, The Big Bang Theory TV show, and Groundhog Phil. Written throughout with verve and quirky humor, and offeringQuestions for discussion after every article, this  book is perfect for undergraduate classes in anthropology and American studies. Drawing together twenty-two scholars with expertise in anthropological ideas about culture, Reflecting on America examines what it means to be American.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|2 pages

      Introduction: Upon Further Reflection

      ByClare L. Boulanger

      chapter 2|6 pages

      America—The View from across the (Reflecting) Pond

      ByClare L. Boulanger

      part |46 pages

      Ecology/Economy

      chapter 3|10 pages

      Mickey, Nicky, and Barbie: Kinderculture in America

      ByRichard H. Robbins

      chapter 4|11 pages

      Consuming Ourselves to Death

      ByRichard Wilk

      chapter 5|10 pages

      The Button: Not a Simple Notion

      ByPaul Grebinger

      chapter 6|10 pages

      Safety and Health in the “Safer and Healthier” Agriculture

      ByBrandi Janssen

      part |55 pages

      Family Life and Leisure

      chapter 7|15 pages

      Chauffeuring and Commuting: A Story of Work, Family, Class, and Community

      ByLara Descartes, Conrad P. Kottak, Autumn Kelly

      chapter 8|14 pages

      Military Families: The Long Journey Home

      BySarah Hautzinger, Jean Scandlyn

      chapter 9|8 pages

      Every Time We Type Goodbye: Heartbreak American-Style

      ByIlana Gershon

      chapter 10|13 pages

      Striptease, Leisure, and Labor in the Midwestern United States

      ByBeth Hartman

      part |46 pages

      Class and Power

      chapter 11|14 pages

      Talk of “Broken Borders” and Stone Walls: Anti-immigrant Discourse and Legislation from California to South Carolina

      ByAnn Kingsolver

      chapter 12|16 pages

      Gender, Race, and Class in America: Home in New Haven

      ByMicaela di Leonardo

      chapter 13|14 pages

      Welcome to an East Harlem Shooting Gallery

      ByPhilippe Bourgois

      part |58 pages

      Ritual and Religion

      chapter 14|13 pages

      A Pilgrimage to the Past: Civil War Reenactors at Gettysburg

      ByMatthew H. Amster

      chapter 15|12 pages

      Memories of Burning Man

      ByS. Megan Heller

      chapter 16|11 pages

      When Worlds Collude: Groundhog Phil and the Super Bowl Meet on Candlemas

      ByRobert Myers

      chapter 17|18 pages

      Metakinesis: How God Becomes Intimate in Contemporary American Christianity

      ByTanya M. Luhrmann

      part |52 pages

      Ideology

      chapter 18|11 pages

      Little Boys Writ Big: Gender, Economy, and The Big Bang Theory

      ByClare L. Boulanger

      chapter 19|16 pages

      Warmaking as the American Way of Life

      ByCatherine Lutz

      chapter 20|12 pages

      American Cultural Denial: The CATs’ Compass

      ByE.L. Cerroni-Long

      chapter 21|10 pages

      Living up to our Words

      ByPaul Durrenberger
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