Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Keywords An Introduction 1 Abolition Robert Fanuzzi; 2 Aesthetics Russ Castronovo; 3 African Kevin Gaines; 4 America Kirsten Silva Gruesz; 5 Asian John Kuo Wei Tchen; 6 Body Eva Cherniavsky; 7 Border Mary Pat Brady; 8 Capitalism David F. Ruccio; 9 Citizenship Lauren Berlant; 10 City Micaela di Leonardo; 11 Civilization David S. Shields; 12 Class Eric Lott; 13 Colonial David Kazanjian; 14 Community Miranda Joseph; 15 Contract Amy Dru Stanley; 16 Coolie Moon-Ho Jung; 17 Corporation Christopher Newfield; 18 Culture George Yudice; 19 Democracy Fred Moten; 20 Dialect Shelley Fisher Fishkin; 21 Diaspora Brent Hayes Edwards; 22 Disability Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren; 23 Domestic Rosemary Marangoly George; 24 Economy Timothy Mitchell; 25 Empire Shelley Streeby; 26 Environment Vermonja R. Alston; 27 Ethnicity Henry Yu; 28 Exceptionalism Donald E. Pease; 29 Family Carla L. Peterson; 30 Gender Judith Halberstam; 31 Globalization Lisa Lowe; 32 Identity Carla Kaplan; 33 Immigration Eithne Luibheid; 34 Indian Robert Warrior; 35 Interiority Christopher Castiglia; 36 Internment Caroline Chung Simpson; 37 Liberalism Nikhil Pal Singh; 38 Literature Sandra M. Gustafson; 39 Market Meredith L. McGill; 40 Marriage Elizabeth Freeman; 41 Mestizo/a Curtis Marez; 42 Modern Chandan Reddy; 43 Nation Alys Eve Weinbaum; 44 Naturalization Priscilla Wald; 45 Orientalism Vijay Prashad; 46 Performance Susan Manning; 47 Property Grace Kyungwon Hong; 48 Public Bruce Robbins; 49 Queer Siobhan B. Somerville; 50 Race Roderick A. Ferguson; 51 Reform Susan M. Ryan; 52 Region Sandra A. Zagarell; 53 Religion Janet R. Jakobsen; 54 Science Laura Briggs; 55 Secularism Michael Warner; 56 Sentiment June Howard; 57 Sex Bruce Burgett; 58 Slavery Walter Johnson; 59 Society Glenn Hendler; 60 South Matthew Pratt Guterl; 61 State Paul Thomas; 62 War Susan Jeffords; 63 West Krista Comer; 64 White Pamela Perry Works Cited; About the Contributors

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Essays by scholars working in literary studies and political economy, cultural anthropology and ethnic studies, African American history and performance studies, gender studies and political theory

About the Author

Bruce Burgett (Editor)
Bruce Burgett is Dean and Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at University of Washington Bothell. He is author of Sentimental Bodies: Sex, Gender, and Citizenship in the Early Republic, and co-editor of Keywords for American Cultural Studies.
Glenn Hendler (Editor)
Glenn Hendler is Professor of English and American Studies at Fordham University. He is the author of David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs and co-editor of Keywords for American Cultural Studies.

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