Choose ONE of the following ethnographies to read:
Leo Chavez, Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society (2012, 3rd. ed.) Douglas Foley, The Heartland Chronicles (1995)
Meredith McGuire, Ritual Healing in Suburban America (1988)
Catherine Lutz, Homefront: A Military City and the American Twentieth Century (2002)
Based on your reading of your chosen ethnography, write a 3-page paper (double-spaced) in which you:
(1) Give the full name of the ethnography, the author, the publisher and date of publication
(2) Explain why you chose this ethnography.
(3) Describe and explain two or three points from the book you think are especially important or are the author’s major thesis.
(4) Relate these points, if possible, to the kinds of values and value conflicts we’ve been discussing in class.
(5) Discuss the pros and cons of the author’s major points from your perspective.
