The World Is a Text: Writing, Reading, and Thinking About Culture - Softcover

Silverman, Jonathan; Rader, Dean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130949841 ISBN 13: 9780130949844

Publisher: Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

For courses in Freshman Composition, Sophomore or advanced component, and writing intensive cultural study courses.

This cultural studies reader is devoted to teaching students how to “read” all kinds of texts. Its comprehensive and inclusive approach focuses on the relationship between reading traditional works―such as short stories, and poems―and other less-traditional ones―such as movies, the Internet, race, ethnicity, and television. More importantly, the book teaches students the usefulness of learning to actively read their surroundings. Achieving This will help readers become successful as students in academic settings, as well as participants in their world.

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From the Back Cover

Writing, Reading, and Thinking About Culture and Its Contexts

The new cultural studies reader is devoted to teaching you how to "read" all kinds of texts. Its comprehensive and inclusive approach focuses on the relationship between reading traditional works (short stories and poems) and less traditional ones (movies, the Internet, television, etc.), as well as encourages you to read the everyday world around you.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130949841
• ISBN 13: 9780130949844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 792