Restless in the Promised Land: Catholics and the American Dream

by Jim Cullen

Overview

From early settlers to urbanites, indigenous peoples to immigrants, citizens to consumers, and politicians to popular culture icons, the American Dream means many things to many people. Inherent in its story is the complex tale of the rise of Catholicism in this country and its relationship to the American Dream.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580510936
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2001
Pages:	165
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.94(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Jim Cullen teaches in the Expository Writing Program at Harvard University and is the author of a number of books, including The Civil War in Popular Culture: A Reusable Past and Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition. His articles and essays have appeared in many journals and magazines, including Rolling Stone and Newsday.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction: The Souls of Catholic Folk	xv
Part I	Defining the Dream	1
Chapter 1	The Complexities of the American Dream	3
Chapter 2	The Anti-Catholic Origins of the American Dream	17
Part II	Embodying the Dream: American Catholic Archetypes	43
Chapter 3	Fatal Attraction: The Case of Jay Gatsby	45
Chapter 4	Incomplete Denial: The Case of Scarlett O'Hara	65
Chapter 5	Like a Heretic: The Case of Madonna	85
Chapter 6	It's a Wonderful Death: The Case of (Martin Scorsese's) Jesus Christ	109
	Conclusion: The Souls of Kings	137
	Endnotes	143
	Sources and Notes	145
	Index	159