Reading suggestions for Multiculturalism:

Article: Gloria Steinem "
Sex, Lies, and Advertising"

Website: Michael and Julia Corbett
Politics and Religion in the U.S.

Article: Robert Bellah "
Civil Religion in America"

General
Schlesinger, Arthur.  The Disuniting of America.
Garfinkle, Newton and Daniel Yankelovich, eds.  Uniting America: Restoring the Vital
Center of American Democracy.
Hunting, Samuel.  Who are We?  The Challenges to America’s National Identity.
Lehrer, Warren and Judith Sloan.  Crossing the Boulevard: Strangers, Neighbors, and
Aliens in a New America.
D’Souza, Dinesh.  Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus

Race
Brown, Michael et al.  White-Washing Race: The Myth of a Color Blind Society.
Cashin, Sheryll.  The Failures of Integration: How Race and Class are Undermining the
American Dream.
Feagin, Joe.  White Racism.
Hacker, Andrew.  Two Nations.
Hollinger, David.  Post Ethnic America.
O’Hearn, Claudine.  Half and Half (bi-racialism)
West, Cornel.  Race Matters
Du Bois, W. E. B.  The Souls of Black Folk
D’Souza, Dinesh.  The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society

Gender
Friedan Betty. The Feminine Mystique
De Beauvoir, Simone.  The Second Sex
Wolf, Naomi.  The Beauty Myth
Boteach, Shmuley.  Hating Women: America’s Hostile Campaign against the Fairer Sex
Davis, Flora.  Moving the Mountain: The Women’s Movement in America since 1960
Faludi, Susan.  Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women
Faludi, Susan.  Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
Hays, Sharon.  Flat Broke with Children
Liebow, Elliot.  Tell Them Who I Am
Katz, Jonathan Ned.  Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A.

Religion
Goldberg, Michelle.  Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
Heineman, Kenneth.  God is a Conservative
Balmer, Randall.  Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical
Subculture in America
Eller, Cynthia.  Living in the Lap of the Goddess (women’s spirituality movement)
Wuthnow, Robert.  America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity
Hatch, Nathan.  The Democratization of American Christianity
Wolfe, Alan.  The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live our
Faith.

Class
Damrymple, Theodore.  Life at the Bottom
Ehrenreich, Barbara.  Nickel and Dimed
Duneier, Mitchell.  Sidewalk
Gans, Herbert.  The War against the Poor
Harrington, Michael.  The Other America
Hays, Sharon.  Flat Broke with Children
Kennedy, Michelle.  Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless
Kotlowitz, Alex.  There are No Children Here
Newman, Katherine.  No Shame in my Game
Stack, Carol.  All Our Kin

Politics
Fiorina, Morris.  Culture War?  The Myth of a Polarized America
Frank, Thomas.  What’s the Matter with Kansas?
Lakoff, George.  Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think
D’Souza, Dinesh.  Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus

Age/Generation
Currie, Elliott.  The Road to Whatever: Middle-Class Culture and the Crisis of
Adolescence
Hersch, Patricia.  A Tribe Apart
Quart, Alissa.  Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers
Milner, Murray, Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids: American Teenagers, Schools, and the
Culture of Consumption
Myerhoff, Barbara.  Number Our Days (Jewish retirement home)

Urban/Regional
Garreau, Joel.  Edge City: Life on the New Frontier
Duany, Andres, ed.  Suburban Nation
Kunstler, James.  The Geography of Nowhere
Watters, Ethan.  Urban Tribes

Disability
Lane, Harlan, Robert Hoffmeister, and Ben Bahan.  A Journey into the Deaf World
Grandin, Temple.  Thinkingin Pictures, and other Reports from my Life with Autism
Hull, John.  Touching the Rock: An Experience of Blindness
Kuusisto, Stephen. Planet of the Blind

Immigrants/Refugees

Gordon, Jessica.  Suburban Sweatshops
Pipher, Mary.  The Middle of Everywhere

Special-Interest Communities

Bacon-Smith, Camille.  Science Fiction Culture
Macdonald, Andy.  Dropping in with Andy Mac: The Life of a Pro Skateboarder
Ramsland, Katherine.  Piercing the Darkness: Undercover with Vampires in America
Today
Nocturnum, Corvis.  Embracing the Darkness: Understanding Dark Subcultures
Owen, Frank.  Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture