Materializing Democracy

"The book's introduction does an excellent job of tying together these wide-ranging articles, and the organization of the chapter also enhances the coherence of this work." - Pippa Halloway , Journal of American History

"This collection responds in significant ways to the need for a new cultural politics in the pedagogy, study and practice of American studies. . . . [A]n excellent overview of this historical process. . . . The value of this volume is its diverse yet coherent criticism of democracy as a historically specific political concept and utopian alternatives to what has thus far remained our supreme fiction: democratic equality and justice for all." - John Carlos Rowe, American Quarterly

“Materializing Democracy is an excellent and exciting collection of essays by a group of distinguished scholars who together address both the promises and limits of current and historical practices and theories of American democracy. This book will appeal to scholars and students across the disciplines who are interested in the intersection of culture, politics, national identity, and citizenship.” - Amy Kaplan, coeditor of Cultures of United States Imperialism

“The editors of Materializing Democracy have a vision—an activist vision—that, combined with rigorous analysis and scholarship, imparts an unusual energy and excitement to this volume.” - Priscilla Wald, author of Constituting Americans: Cultural Anxiety and Narrative Form