Signs of Life in the U.S.A.: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers - Softcover

Maasik, Sonia; Solomon, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031264700X ISBN 13: 9780312647001

Publisher: Bedford/st Martins, 2011

Synopsis

Signs of Life in the USA teaches students to read and write critically about popular culture by giving them a conceptual framework to do it: semiotics, a field of critical theory developed specifically for the interpretation of culture and its signs. Written by a prominent semiotician and an experienced writing instructor, the text’s high-interest themes feature provocative and current reading selections that ask students to think analytically about America’s impressive popular culture: How is TV’s Mad Men a

lightning rod for America’s polarized political climate? Has the nature of personal identity changed in an era when we spend so much of our lives online? Signs of Life bridges the transition to college writing by providing students with academic language to talk about our common, everyday cultural experience. Read the preface.

Order Multimodal Readings for Signs of Life in the USA packaged with Signs of Life in the USA, Seventh Edition using ISBN-13: 978-1-4576-1989-2.

About this title

About the Author

Sonia Maasik is a lecturer in the UCLA Writing Programs, where she has taught writing from developmental to advanced levels.

Jack Solomon is professor of English at California State University, Northridge, and teaches literature and critical theory. He is often interviewed by the California media for analysis of current events and trends.

The two together also have published California Dreams and Realities: Readings for Critical Thinkers and Writers, Third Edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bedford/st Martins
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031264700X
• ISBN 13: 9780312647001
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 710