American Dream Walking in the Shoes of Carnies, Arms Dealers, Immigrant Dreamers, Pot Farmers, and Christian Believers

Name: American Dream Walking in the Shoes of Carnies, Arms Dealers, Immigrant Dreamers, Pot Farmers, and Christian Believers
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ISBN: 9781568583525

ISBN-10: 1568583524

ISBN-13: 9781568583525

Edition: 2008

Authors: Harmon Leon

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For some, the American Dream is a pre-fab house in the suburbs with 2.5 kids and a two-week vacation at the end of the year. To others, it is working a push fruit cart in Oakland in order to put food on the family7;s table in Oaxaca. In The American Dream Harmon Leon draws upon his experiences of adopting personas and disguises to infiltrate the various institutions of everyday life, living among a diverse range of subcultures and learning first hand how they see their vision and utopia. His incursions include working as a marijuana farmer in a hippie commune in Northern California; becoming a carnie in rural Indiana; visiting a tourist attraction in Mexico (that allows people to simulate…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 9/23/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.19" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English



Introduction



Immigrant American Dream



Carny American Dream



Cult of Celebrity American Dream



Military American Dream



Bible-Thumping American Dream



Swinger American Dream



Hollywood American Dream



Reality Television Show American Dream



Marijuana American Dream


Acknowledgments


About the Author