How Hollywood biopics both showcase and modify various notions of what it means to be an American.

Uses the state of Oklahoma as a case study for how US conservatives have attempted to unqueer America since the 1950’s.

Offers an overview of Sufism in North America.

Interviews and profiles of spiritual and cultural figures influenced by Buddhism.

Updated version of an engaging overview of the television situation comedy.

Explores facets of North American Buddhism while taking into account the impact of globalization and increasing interconnectivity.

Food and history combine in this exploration of the Dutch influence on American holiday traditions. Includes more than one hundred easy-to-make holiday recipes.

Examines the progress of and obstacles faced by African Americans in twenty-first-century America.

Offers a critical history of the role of pain, suffering, and compassion in democratic culture.

Traces the route, history, and geography of US 20, America’s longest road.

Demonstrates how written and visual representations worked to construct definitions of ethnicity in midcentury America.

Food-based reflections on Italian food, American culture, and globalization.

Considers the legacy of Thomas Merton and his relevance for contemporary times.

Robert Baker Aitken’s correspondence with Buddhist sympathizers and solo practitioners reveals a significant, little-understood aspect of American Buddhism.

Explores how the NBA moved to govern black players and the expression of blackness after the “Palace Brawl” of 2004.

Wide ranging, interdisciplinary look at the emergence and persistence of the concept of American Exceptionalism in US culture and history.

An inside story of privilege, inherited wealth, and the bizarre values and customs of the American upper crust.

Explores a range of Buddhist perspectives in a distinctly American context.

Provides an alternative history of nutrition in the U.S. that focuses on the power of scientific language.

Philosophers and social theorists of color examine how racism can creep into defensive forms of nationalism.

Explores the arrested development of American culture.

Argues in favor of a different model of voting behavior.

New York's fascinating history as presented in song.

Uses new critical approaches to demonstrate deep affinities in these vastly different filmmakers’ philosophies on film, fantasy, and reality.

Traces the rise of black participation in cyberspace.