Amy Wilkins: “From Freaks to Geeks: Goth and the Middle Class”

Horace Miner: “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema”

Kevin Smith’s Comic Book Men

Sherman Alexie: “The Unauthorized Autobiography of Me”

Jennifer Toth: Excerpts from The Mole People

Women’s & Men’s Magazine Swap

Respond in whatever way makes sense to you. The following questions make for a good starting point; feel free to use them if you're stuck.

1. WHAT MAGAZINE DID YOU READ?HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE CONTENT?
2. WHAT SURPRISED YOU MOST ABOUT THE CONTENT?
3. HOW DOES THIS TEXT IMAGINE FEMALENESS AND FEMININITY?
4. HOW DOES THIS TEXT IMAGINE MALENESS AND MASCULINITY?
5. HOW DO THE IMAGES/GRAPHICS USED IN THIS MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTE TO ITS STYLE OR MESSAGE?
6. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS CONCERNING THE MAGAZINE’S COVER? 

Michael Vlahos: “The Civilizational Significance of Zombies”

Carmine Sarracino & Kevin M. Scott: Introduction from The Porning of America

Timothy S. Brown: “Subcultures, Pop Music, and Politics: Skinheads and “Nazi Rock” in England and Germany”

• Jack Hitt: “Dinosaur Dreams: Reading the Bones of America’s Psychic Mascot”