Съдържание:
  • Introduction: I'm a Big Fan: Popular Stories, Habitus, and Places That Matter
  • Theoretical Development
  • The Search for Promised Lands: Dominant Visions of Sacred Places in U.S. Culture
  • The Foundations of Symbolic Pilgrimage: Theoretical Conversations About Places That Matter
  • Symbolic Pilgrimages: Experiencing Popular Stories as Purposeful, Imaginary-Yet-Real Journeys
  • Exiled in Cubeville, Striving for Nerdvana: Dilbert as a Critique of Phony Meritocracy
  • Transforming the Panopticon Into the Funhouse: Negotiating Disorientation in The X-Files
  • Playing in a Perfect Place: Sports Illustrated and an American Elysian Field
  • Integrating Self and Community as a Means of Finding Homes: The Shift from Consumerism to Altruistic Producerism in Field of Dreams
  • Conclusion: The Return Home.