Since its initial publication, scholars and students alike have turned to Keywords for American Cultural Studies as an invaluable resource for understanding key terms and debates in the fields of American studies and cultural studies. As scholarship has continued to evolve, this revised and expanded second edition offers indispensable meditations on new and developing concepts used in American studies, cultural studies, and beyond.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Keywords: An Introduction
• Note on Classroom Use
• 1 Affect - Ann Cvetkovich
• 2 African - Kevin K. Gaines
• 3 America - Kirsten Silva Gruesz
• 4 Asian - John Kuo Wei Tchen
• 5 Black - E. Patrick Johnson
• 6 Border - Mary Pat Brady
• 7 Capitalism - David F. Ruccio
• 8 Citizenship - Lauren Berlant
• 9 Class - Eric Lott
• 10 Colonial - David Kazanjian
• 11 Community - Miranda Joseph
• 12 Contract - Amy Dru Stanley
• 13 Copyright - Kembrew McLeod
• 14 Corporation - Christopher Newfield
• 15 Culture - George Yúdice
• 16 Democracy - Fred Moten
• 17 Diaspora - Brent Hayes Edwards
• 18 Digital - Tara McPherson
• 19 Disability - Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren
• 20 Diversity - Jodi Melamed
• 21 Domestic - Rosemary Marangoly George
• 22 Economy - Timothy Mitchell
• 23 Empire - Shelley Streeby
• 24 Ethnicity - Henry Yu
• 25 Fashion - Thuy Linh Tu
• 26 Finance - Randy Martin
• 27 Freedom - Stephanie Smallwood
• 28 Gender - Jack Halberstam
• 29 Globalization - Lisa Lowe
• 30 Government - Leerom Medovoi
• 31 Immigration - Eithne Luibhéid
• 32 Indian - Robert Warrior
• 33 Indigenous - J. Kēhaulani Kauanui
• 34 Islam - Brian T. Edwards
• 35 Labor - Marc Bousquet
• 36 Latino, Latina, Latin@ - Juana María Rodríguez
• 37 Law - Dean Spade
• 38 Liberalism - Nikhil Pal Singh
• 39 Literature - Sandra M. Gustafson
• 40 Marriage - Elizabeth Freeman
• 41 Media - Lisa Nakamura
• 42 Migration - Alyshia Gálvez
• 43 Modern - Chandan Reddy
• 44 Nation - Alys Eve Weinbaum
• 45 Neoliberalism - Lisa Duggan
• 46 Normal - Robert McRuer
• 47 Orientalism - Vijay Prashad
• 48 Performance - Susan Manning
• 49 Politics - Kandice Chuh
• 50 Prison - Caleb Smith
• 51 Public - Bruce Robbins
• 52 Queer - Siobhan B. Somerville
• 53 Race - Roderick A. Ferguson
• 54 Racialization - Daniel Martinez HoSang and Oneka LaBennett
• 55 Religion - Janet R. Jakobsen
• 56 Rural - Scott Herring
• 57 Secularism - Michael Warner
• 58 Slavery - Walter Johnson
• 59 Space - George Lipsitz
• 60 Subject - Tavia Nyong'o
• 61 Technology - Jentery Sayers
• 62 Terror - Junaid Rana
• 63 Time - Valerie Rohy
• 64 Youth - Sunaina Maira
• Works Cited
• About the Contributors