Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface: Nostalgia and Utopia in The Andy Griffith Show Introduction David Johnson and W. Reginald Rampone, Jr. Section 1. Social Issues: Law, Religion, Immigration, and Feminism Law and Order in Mayberry Gregory J. Lensing God in Mayberry: Religion and ­Small-Screen America Benjamin Crawford From Marianao to Mayberry: A Cuban Immigrant Reflects on America's Hometown Gustavo Pérez Firmat The Roamin' Spring of Miss Taylor: How Aunt Bee Paved the Way for Women Joanie A. Harmon Section 2. Family Issues: Marriage and Fatherhood Living the Single Life: A Lack of Married Couples in The Andy Griffith Show Daniel de Visé When Father Knows Best: A Fresh Look at Andy's Wisdom from the Electronic Nick Smith Section 3. Society: Historical Viewpoints, Language, and Social Crisis History Out of Time: The Strategic Use of History in The Andy Griffith Show Courtlyn Pippert What James Merriweather Wrought: The Local Heritage of Mayberry Gary R.

Freeze "I'd say he's from somewhere's else!" Villains as Dialect Outsiders in Mayberry David Johnson A Mayberry Mindset: Fan Reflections on Nostalgia, Comfort, and Community amid the 2020 Social Crises Max Dosser Epilogue: Return to Mayberry, or in Search of Past Time W. Reginald Rampone, Jr. About the Contributors Index.