Life in America: Identity and Everyday ExperienceISBN: 978-1-4051-0563-7
Hardcover
464 pages
August 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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- Brings together readings that provide a thoroughly engaging and
fascinating look at central issues of identity and what it means to
be American.
- Explores the tension between identity and identification to
help readers begin to understand how people creatively confront the
perks and perils of identity in the United States.
- Offers a look at a wide range of subjects including: violence and video games, queer pilgrimages to San Francisco, Filipina critiques of "sleeping around," and the significance of "lowriders" in Hispano/Chicano culture.