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Preface for Instructors v
Introduction for Students xvi
How We Believe 3
Introduction 4
Rule Maker/Rule Breaker: Holiday Shopping vs. Buy Nothing Christmas 8
Statistical Citizens Sarah E. Igo 10
Two Cheers for Materialism James Twitchell 28
All Consuming Patriotism Ian Frazier 39
Then and Now: Feeling (In)Secure 44
Do the Right Thing: Cognitive Science's Search for a Common Morality Rebecca Saxe 46
I Do. Not.: Why I Won't Marry Catherine Newman 60
People Like Us David Brooks 67
The Great White Way Debra J. Dickerson 73
Scenes and Un-Scenes: Political Protest 77
Putting it into Practices: Scripting Belief 83
How We Watch 85
Introduction 86
Rule Maker/Rule Breaker: Mary Ellis-Bunim vs. Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth 90
Unspeakable Conversations Harriet McBryde Johnson 92
Watching Torture in Prime Time Anne-Marie Cusac 109
Patriarchy Gets Funky: The Triumph of Identity Marketing Naomi Klein 114
Frames of Reference Michael Eric Dyson 123
Cuteness Daniel Harris 134
Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture Ariel Levy 144
Then and Now: Wearing Your Identity on Your Sleeve 148
Watch Me! Webcams and the Public Exposure of Private Lives Brooke A. Knight 150
Scenes and Un-Scenes: Picturing Disaster 158
Putting it into Practice: Keep an Eye Out 165
How We Eat 167
Introduction 168
Rule Maker/Rule Breaker: Whole Foods vs. Michael Pollan 172
Big Organic Michael Pollan 174
The Wages of Sin Francine Prose 197
In Gorging, Truth Jason Fagone 204
Add Cake, Subtract Self-Esteem Caroline Knapp 217
Then and Now: How to Make Meatloaf 232
Mate de Coca: Never Say No Taras Grescoe 235
America's Wandering Families Loretta Schwartz-Nobel 249
Scenes and Un-Scenes: Giving Thanks 263
Putting it into Practice: Consumer Profiling 269
How We Work 271
Introduction 272
Rule Maker/Rule Breaker: Wal-Mart vs. Jim Hightower 276
Finding a Coach in the Land of Oz Barbara Ehrenreich 278
Let's Party Like It's 1999 Christopher Byron 290
The Consequences - Undoing Sanity Louis Uchitelle 299
Then and Now: Dressing for Success 310
Fifteen Years on the Bottom Rung Anthony DePalma 312
How to Choose a Career That Will Not Get You Rich No Matter What Anyone Tells You Robert Sullivan 326
This Mess Judith Warner 333
Scenes and Un-Scenes: A Woman's Work 343
Putting it into Practice: Working Hard or Hardly Working? 349
How We Fight 351
Introduction 352
Rule Maker/Rule Breaker: Video Game Developers vs. Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence 356
AWOL in America: When Desertion Is the Only Option Kathy Dobie 358
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning Chris Hedges 368
Love and War in Cyberspace Katy Vine 380
Then and Now: From Gangster to Gangsta 398
Being Strong Gerard Jones 400
Return of the Madhouse Sasha Abramsky 419
Make Metaphor No More? Sportspeople Rethink Their Words of War Bob Moser 428
Scenes and Un-Scenes: We Are the Champions 434
Putting it into Practice: Community Conflicts 441
How We Learn 443
Introduction 444
Rule Maker/Rule Breaker: The U.S. Department of Education vs. Jonathan Kozol 448
The Baby Genius Edutainment Complex: The New Smart Baby Products Alissa Quart 450
From Degrading to De-grading Alfie Kohn 472
Reasonable Disagreements Michael Berube 484
Then and Now: Monkeying Around with Science 504
Against School John Taylor Gatto 506
Learning in the Shadow of Race and Class Bell Hooks 515
The Case of the Purloined Paper Brigid Schulte 524
Preparing Minds for Markets Jonathan Kozol 530
Hopelessly Hooked on Help Steve Salerno 543
Scenes and Un-Scenes: Looking at Learning 557
Putting it into Practice: Educational Scripts 563
How We Talk 565
Introduction 566
Rule Maker/Rule Breaker: The U.S. Military vs. The Servicemenbers Legal Defense Network 570
Fighting for Our Lives Deborah Tannen 572
The Ways We Don't Converse Now Stephen Miller 594
Trashing the L-Word Geoffrey Nunberg 607
Stop Them before They Joke Again Peter Hyman 616
Then and Now: Talking Dirty 620
You Are Not Alone: College Newspapers Discover the Sex Column Sheelah Kolhatkar 622
Big World: How Clear Channel Programs America Jeff Sharlet 628
The Perfect Voice Carl Elliott 644
Scenes and Un-Scenes: My Fellow Americans 654
Putting it into Practice: Speaking Out/Talking Back 659
Index of Authors and Titles 664
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