Rachel Lee Rubin is Professor of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, where she directs the Center for the Study of Humanities, Culture, and Society. She has authored and edited numerous books on American popular culture including Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture, American Identities: An Introductory Textbook, American Popular Music: New Approaches to the Twentieth Century, and an upcoming title for Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series, Okie from Muskogee. She is a regular commentator on public radio and frequently quoted as a popular culture expert in the mainstream media.

There is a wonderfully useful group of contemporary thinkers assembled here. I am glad it exists.

• IntroductionSECTION 1: Coal1. “I'll Throw This Apple Atcha”: The Meaning of Mining According to Billy Edd Wheeler2. “Visible, Horrible, Ugly”: Toxicity According to John Sabraw3. “The Baby Needed Milk”: Collectivity According to Diane Gilliam FisherSECTION 2: War and Peace4. “It's a Great American Tradition”: War and Industry According to John Sayles 5. “Revolution by Tricks and Clowning”: Trips According to Maxine Hong Kingston6. “Part of My Being”: Politics and Poetics According to Keorapetse KgositsileSECTION 3: Borders7. “I Sing about Cesar Chavez in Gold Lamé Hot Pants”: Revolution and Celebration According to El Vez8. "I'm Not Some Fucking Gadjo!": Migration According to Eugene Hutz9. “Gaps We Cross with Technology”: Solidarity and Surveillance According to Cory Doctorow 10. “What It's Like to Be Stuck”: Interruption According to Julio SalgadoSECTION 4: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 11. “It's Like Walt Whitman Gave Me a Blow Job”: Action According to Abe Rybeck 12. “Simultaneity of Actions”: Liberation According to Sarah Schulman13. “Wigs and Skin”: Colonialism According to Ama Ata AidooSECTION 5: Economic Justice14. “Hey, I See You”: Revolution According to Boots Riley15. “Power and Powerlessness”: Detecting History According to Sara Paretsky16. “Sometimes I Get Political, Sometimes I Get Offensive”: Pushing Back According to Dallas Wayne SECTION 6: Prisons17. “The Anti-Slavery Act of 2002”: Private Prisons and Social Justice According to Si Kahn18. “Politics through Artistic Eyes, and Art through Political Eyes”: Prison Rebellion According to Raúl Salinas19. “From My 6 x 9 Cell”: Prison and Painting According to Anthony PapaSECTION 7: Transformations20. “It's All Connected”: Service According to Betye Saar21. “I'm a Bit of a Threat”: Immortality According to Roz Kaveney22. “Folklore, Fakelore and Fucklore”: Metamorphosis According to Emma Bull and Will ShetterlyBibliographyIndex

Rachel Lee Rubin is Professor of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, where she directs the Center for the Study of Humanities, Culture, and Society. She has authored and edited numerous books on American popular culture including Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture, American Identities: An Introductory Textbook, American Popular Music: New Approaches to the Twentieth Century, and an upcoming title for Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series, Okie from Muskogee. She is a regular commentator on public radio and frequently quoted as a popular culture expert in the mainstream media.

There is a wonderfully useful group of contemporary thinkers assembled here. I am glad it exists.

• IntroductionSECTION 1: Coal1. “I'll Throw This Apple Atcha”: The Meaning of Mining According to Billy Edd Wheeler2. “Visible, Horrible, Ugly”: Toxicity According to John Sabraw3. “The Baby Needed Milk”: Collectivity According to Diane Gilliam FisherSECTION 2: War and Peace4. “It's a Great American Tradition”: War and Industry According to John Sayles 5. “Revolution by Tricks and Clowning”: Trips According to Maxine Hong Kingston6. “Part of My Being”: Politics and Poetics According to Keorapetse KgositsileSECTION 3: Borders7. “I Sing about Cesar Chavez in Gold Lamé Hot Pants”: Revolution and Celebration According to El Vez8. "I'm Not Some Fucking Gadjo!": Migration According to Eugene Hutz9. “Gaps We Cross with Technology”: Solidarity and Surveillance According to Cory Doctorow 10. “What It's Like to Be Stuck”: Interruption According to Julio SalgadoSECTION 4: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 11. “It's Like Walt Whitman Gave Me a Blow Job”: Action According to Abe Rybeck 12. “Simultaneity of Actions”: Liberation According to Sarah Schulman13. “Wigs and Skin”: Colonialism According to Ama Ata AidooSECTION 5: Economic Justice14. “Hey, I See You”: Revolution According to Boots Riley15. “Power and Powerlessness”: Detecting History According to Sara Paretsky16. “Sometimes I Get Political, Sometimes I Get Offensive”: Pushing Back According to Dallas Wayne SECTION 6: Prisons17. “The Anti-Slavery Act of 2002”: Private Prisons and Social Justice According to Si Kahn18. “Politics through Artistic Eyes, and Art through Political Eyes”: Prison Rebellion According to Raúl Salinas19. “From My 6 x 9 Cell”: Prison and Painting According to Anthony PapaSECTION 7: Transformations20. “It's All Connected”: Service According to Betye Saar21. “I'm a Bit of a Threat”: Immortality According to Roz Kaveney22. “Folklore, Fakelore and Fucklore”: Metamorphosis According to Emma Bull and Will ShetterlyBibliographyIndex

Rachel Lee Rubin is Professor of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, where she directs the Center for the Study of Humanities, Culture, and Society. She has authored and edited numerous books on American popular culture including Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture, American Identities: An Introductory Textbook, American Popular Music: New Approaches to the Twentieth Century, and an upcoming title for Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series, Okie from Muskogee. She is a regular commentator on public radio and frequently quoted as a popular culture expert in the mainstream media.

There is a wonderfully useful group of contemporary thinkers assembled here. I am glad it exists.

• IntroductionSECTION 1: Coal1. “I'll Throw This Apple Atcha”: The Meaning of Mining According to Billy Edd Wheeler2. “Visible, Horrible, Ugly”: Toxicity According to John Sabraw3. “The Baby Needed Milk”: Collectivity According to Diane Gilliam FisherSECTION 2: War and Peace4. “It's a Great American Tradition”: War and Industry According to John Sayles 5. “Revolution by Tricks and Clowning”: Trips According to Maxine Hong Kingston6. “Part of My Being”: Politics and Poetics According to Keorapetse KgositsileSECTION 3: Borders7. “I Sing about Cesar Chavez in Gold Lamé Hot Pants”: Revolution and Celebration According to El Vez8. "I'm Not Some Fucking Gadjo!": Migration According to Eugene Hutz9. “Gaps We Cross with Technology”: Solidarity and Surveillance According to Cory Doctorow 10. “What It's Like to Be Stuck”: Interruption According to Julio SalgadoSECTION 4: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 11. “It's Like Walt Whitman Gave Me a Blow Job”: Action According to Abe Rybeck 12. “Simultaneity of Actions”: Liberation According to Sarah Schulman13. “Wigs and Skin”: Colonialism According to Ama Ata AidooSECTION 5: Economic Justice14. “Hey, I See You”: Revolution According to Boots Riley15. “Power and Powerlessness”: Detecting History According to Sara Paretsky16. “Sometimes I Get Political, Sometimes I Get Offensive”: Pushing Back According to Dallas Wayne SECTION 6: Prisons17. “The Anti-Slavery Act of 2002”: Private Prisons and Social Justice According to Si Kahn18. “Politics through Artistic Eyes, and Art through Political Eyes”: Prison Rebellion According to Raúl Salinas19. “From My 6 x 9 Cell”: Prison and Painting According to Anthony PapaSECTION 7: Transformations20. “It's All Connected”: Service According to Betye Saar21. “I'm a Bit of a Threat”: Immortality According to Roz Kaveney22. “Folklore, Fakelore and Fucklore”: Metamorphosis According to Emma Bull and Will ShetterlyBibliographyIndex