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The American dimension : cultural myths and social realities / [edited by] W. Arens, Susan P. Montague.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- United States.
- United States--Civilization--1945-.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- x, 167 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Sherman Oaks, CA : Alfred Pub. Co., [1981]
- Contents:
- Professional football : an American symbol and ritual / W. Arens
- Football games and rtock concerts : the ritual enactment of American success models / Susan P. Montague and Robert Morais
- Poker and the American dream / Rex L. Jones
- Good Marx for the anthropologist : structure and anti-structure in "Duck soup" / Ivan Karp
- Homes and homemakers on American TV / John T. Kirkpatrick
- Soap operas : sagas of American kinship / Susan S. Bean
- How Nancy gets her man : an investigation in American adolescent pulp literature / Susan P. Montague
- The bagel : symbol and rutual at the breakfast table / Stanley Regelson
- Coffee : the bottomless cup / Lawrence Taylor
- You are what you eat : religious aspects of the health food movement / Jill Dubisch
- Rituals at McDonald's / Conrad P. Kottak
- gender differences in graffiti : a semiotic perspective / Edward A. Bruner and Jane Paige Kelso
- Fair weather friend : label and context in middle class friendships / David Jacobson.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: American dimension.
- ISBN:
- 088284119X
- 9780882841199
- OCLC:
- 6917601
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