Life in America: Identity and Everyday Experience

Life in America: Identity and Everyday Experience is afascinating collection of readings that explores how peoplenegotiate identity in the United States today.

• Brings together readings that provide a thoroughly engaging andfascinating look at central issues of identity and what it means tobe American.
• Explores the tension between identity and identification tohelp readers begin to understand how people creatively confront theperks and perils of identity in the United States.
• Offers a look at a wide range of subjects including: violenceand video games, queer pilgrimages to San Francisco, Filipinacritiques of "sleeping around," and the significance of "lowriders"in Hispano/Chicano culture.

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