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March 28, 2026American Ethnologist

Something between us: The everyday walls of American life, and how to take them down By AnandPandian. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2025. 304 pp.

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CWChris WalleyMassachusetts Institute of Technology

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Implication

Ethnography reveals political divides and barriers in American life, suggesting pathways for understanding and change.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore the political divisions in the United States through ethnographic encounters and personal reflections.
  • Conducted ethnographic interviews across various American locales over eight years
  • Analyzed interactions with diverse social groups, including real estate developers, activists, and everyday citizens
  • Utilized autoethnographic reflections to deepen insights on personal experiences during fieldwork
  • Uncovered nuanced perspectives on barriers that divide Americans across four domains: home, road, body, and beliefs
  • Highlighted the competing narratives of those creating social boundaries and those challenging them
  • Demonstrated how contemporary political divides are shaped by everyday social practices and material configurations.

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Chris Walley (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c770c08bbfbc51511e0ac7https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.70076
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