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Subject Index of Discussion Themes

African American Studies
Long Gone: The Literature and Culture of African American Migration

American Indian Studies
Seeds of Change: The Encounter That Transformed the World
Sovereign Worlds: Native Peoples Reclaim Their Lives and Heritage
Exploring the West...Whose West?

Arthurian Fantasy
The Many Realms of King Arthur

Careers and Employment

Making a Living, Making a Life: Work and Its Rewards in a Changing America

Children’s Literature
Not for Children Only: Children's Classics for Adults

Chinese Americans
Being Ethnic, Becoming American: Struggles, Successes, Symbols

Citizenship – Rights and Obligations
Individual Rights and Community in America

Coming of Age
A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters in a Changing World

Civil War – United States (1861-1865)
Rebirth of a Nation: Nationalism and the Civil War

Cuban Americans
One Vision, Many Voices: Latino Literature in the U.S.

Cultural Myths
What America Reads: Myth Making in Popular Fiction

Death and Dying
The End of Life: Conversations on Death and Dying for Contemporary Americans

Epic Fiction
New American Worlds: Writing the Hemisphere
The Many Realms of King Arthur
What America Reads: Myth Making in Popular Fiction

Ethnic Groups – Experience in America
Long Gone: The Literature and Culture of African American Migration
One Vision, Many Voices: Latino Literature in the U.S.
Sovereign Worlds: Native Peoples Reclaim Their Lives and Heritage

Family and Friendship
Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming
Family: The Way We Were, The Way We Are: Seasons in the Contemporary American    Family

Fathers and Daughters 
A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters in a Changing World

Illusion and Reality
Demons, Golems, and Dybbuks: Monsters of the Jewish Imagination

Immigration and Emigration
Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming
One Vision, Many Voices: Latino Literature in the U.S.

Individualism
Individual Rights and Community in America

Japanese Literature
Contemporary Japanese Literature

Jewish Literature
A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters in a Changing World
Being Ethnic, Becoming American: Struggles, Successes, Symbols
Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming
Demons, Golems, and Dybbuks: Monsters of the Jewish Imagination
Your Heart’s Desire: Sex and Love in Jewish Literature

Latinos / Latinas
Being Ethnic, Becoming American: Struggles, Successes, Symbols
One Vision, Many Voices: Latino Literature in the U.S.

Memoirs
A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters in a Changing World
Being Ethnic, Becoming American: Struggles, Successes, Symbols
Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming
Family: The Way We Were, The Way We Are: Seasons in the Contemporary American    Family
Isabella's Sisters: Women Creating Worlds
The Journey Inward: Women's Autobiography

Mexican Americans
One Vision, Many Voices: Latino Literature in the U.S.

Myths, Legends and Fables
Not for Children Only: Children's Classics for Adults

Native American Studies
Seeds of Change: The Encounter That Transformed the World
Sovereign Worlds: Native Peoples Reclaim Their Lives and Heritage
Exploring the West...Whose West?

Puerto Ricans
Being Ethnic, Becoming American: Struggles, Successes, Symbols
One Vision, Many Voices: Latino Literature in the U.S. 

Romantic Love
Destruction or Redemption: Images of Romantic Love
Your Heart’s Desire: Sex and Love in Jewish Literature

Tradition and Change
Contemporary Japanese Literature
Family: The Way We Were, The Way We Are: Seasons in the Contemporary American    Family

Utopias / Dystopias
End of the World or World Without End: Readings for the Millennium

Western Frontier
Exploring the West...Whose West?

Women’s Studies
Isabella's Sisters: Women Creating Worlds
The Journey Inward: Women's Autobiography

Work Life--Quality of
Making a Living, Making a Life: Work and Its Rewards in a Changing America