Routledge Handbook on the American Dream

Acknowledgements
Epigraphs
Preface

Introduction: What is the American Dream?
Economic Success and Upward Economic Mobility and the American Dream
Racial Capitalism and (Im)Mobility: Asian Americans in the Contemporary Labor Market
Gendered Street Capitalism and the Violence of the American Dream
The Mirage of Meritocracy and the Morality of Grace
Hegemony and Interpellation: The Ideological Functions of the American Dream
Paradise for Whom? Rural Inequality and the Elusive American Dream
Is the Nordic Model more compatible with the American Dream than present-day United States?
Contemporary Issues in American Dream Studies
The Random Factor: Chance, Luck, and the American Dream
The Feminist American Dream
Migration and the Immigrant American Dream
Migration and the American Dream
Post-1965 Immigrants, African Americans and the Limits of the American Dream
Crime and the American Dream in a Nation of Immigrants
Marginalized Americans and the American Dream
Poor But Still Dreaming
The American Dream, Latinx and the US Mass Media in the 21st Century
Queer Youth and the American Dream
The American Dream Goes Global?
Exporting the American Dream: Global Implications
The Chinese Dream, the Wuhan Nightmare, and COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory
Why Is There No European Dream?
Sustainability and the American Dream
Using Cargo Cult Movements to Explain the Persistent Appeal of the American Dream

Contributor Bios
Index

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• Cultura popular
• Estudos étnicos
• História das Américas
• História social e cultural
• Antropologia social e cultural
• História do século 21: de c 2000 -
• Classes sociais
• História do século 20: c 1900 a c 2000

social stratification;qualitative analysis;migration studies;intersectionality;cultural narratives;policy impact research;empirical studies of social mobility