Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1. ORDINARY FAMILIES, POPULAR CULTURE, AND POPULAR DEMOCRACY, 1935–1945 1
5. LOOKING BACK STORIES
6. 2. MAKING THE WORKING-CLASS FAMILY ORDINARY: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN 41
7. 3. HOME FRONT HARMONY AND REMEMBERING MAMA 75
8. TRADING PLACES STORIES
9. 4. LOVING ACROSS PREWAR RACIAL AND SEXUAL BOUNDARIES 109
10. 5. SEEING THROUGH JEWISHNESS 140
11. 6. HOLLYWOOD MAKES RACE (IN)VISIBLE 166
12. EVERYMAN STORIES
13. 7. COMPETING POSTWAR REPRESENTATIONS OF UNIVERSALISM 207
14. 8. MARITAL REALISM AND EVERYMAN LOVE STORIES 242
15. 9. RERACIALIZING THE ORDINARY AMERICAN FAMILY: RAISIN IN THE SUN 281
16. Notes 329
17. Index 425