Peter Benson is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Tobacco Capitalism and a coauthor of Broccoli and Desire.

Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Author's Note
1. Sixteen Candles
2. Lost in Translation
3. And Everything Is Going Fine
4. Murmur of the Heart
5. Do the Right Thing
6. Rushmore
7. Toy Story
8. Shame
9. Life Is Sweet
10. The Graduate
11. My Own Private Idaho
12. Boyhood
13. Broken Flowers
14. Stagecoach
15. The Red Balloon
16. Planet of the Apes
Credits
Bibliography
Index