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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsRereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writingby Gary Colombo
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Rereading America remains the most widely adopted book of its kind because of its unique approach to the issue of cultural diversity. Unlike other multicultural composition readers that settle for representing the plurality of American voices and cultures, Rereading America encourages students to grapple with the real differences in perspectives that arise in our complex society. Selections model writing from a wide variety of disciplines and genres, and each chapter features a selection that explores how the media sells the myth in question. With extensive editorial apparatus that puts readings from the mainstream into conversation with readings from the margins, Rereading America provokes students to explore the foundations and contradictions of our dominant cultural myths. About the AuthorGary Colombo is professor of English at Los Angeles City College. He has published Mind Readings: An Anthology for Writers (2002), and with Bonnie Lisle and Sandra Mano, Frame Work: Culture, Storytelling and College Writing (1997), both for Bedford/St. Martins. Robert Cullen is professor of English at San Jose State University. He supervises Teaching Associates in the universitys lower-division writing sequence and has taught a wide range of courses in American literature, American Studies, composition, and pedagogy. Bonnie Lisle teaches in the UCLA Writing Programs. With Gary Colombo and Sandra Mano she is the author of Frame Work: Culture, Storytelling and College Writing (Bedford/St. Martins, 1997). Table of ContentsChapter 1: Harmony at Home: The Myth of the Model Family A Family Tree, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear Norman Rockwell Looking for Work Gary Soto What We Really Miss About the 1950s Stephanie Coontz Aunt Ida Pieces a Quilt Melvin Dixon An Indian Story Roger Jack *The Color of Family Ties: Race, Class, Gender, and Extended Family Involvement Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian Visual Portfolio Reading Images of American Families *Proposition 8: The California Marriage Protection Act *8 Is Not Hate: The Meaning of a Proposition Jennifer Roback Morse *Proposition 8 Hurt My Family - Ask Me How Marriage Equality USA What Is Marriage? Evan Wolfson *My Big Fat Straight Wedding Andrew Sullivan Chapter 2: Learning Power: The Myth of Education and Empowerment From Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education, 1848 Horace Mann Idiot Nation Michael Moore Against School John Taylor Gatto "I Just Wanna Be Average" Mike Rose From Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work Jean Anyon Visual Portfolio Reading Images of Education and Empowerment The Achievement of Desire Richard Rodriguez Para Teresa Inés Hernández-Ávila Learning to Read Malcolm X Still Separate, Still Unequal Jonathan Kozol *In the Basement of the Ivory Tower Professor X Chapter 3: Money and Success: The Myth of Individual Opportunity From Ragged Dick Horatio Alger The Lesson Toni Cade Bambara Horatio Alger Harlon L. Dalton *Living It: Tim Blixseth Robert Frank Serving in Florida Barbara Ehrenreich *Class in America - 2006 Gregory Mantsios Visual Portfolio Reading Images of Individual Opportunity Framing Class, Vicarious Living, and Conspicuous Consumption [Media Selection] Diana Kendall *From The Missing Class Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen *Tent City, USA Maria L. LaGranga *From Americas New Working Class Kathleen R. Arnold Stephen Cruz Studs Terkel Chapter 4: Created Equal: The Myth of the Melting Pot From Notes on the State of Virginia Thomas Jefferson Causes of Prejudice Vincent N. Parrillo C.P. Ellis Studs Terkel *School James McBride *Loot or Find: Fact or Frame? [Media Selection] Cheryl I. Harris and Devon W. Carbado Visual Portfolio Reading Images of The Melting Pot Models of American Ethnic Relations: A Historical Perspective George M. Fredrickson Assimilation Sherman Alexie *Deconstructing America Patrick J. Buchanan The Crossing Rubén Martínez *The End of White America? [Media Selection] Hua Hsu Child of the Americas Aurora Levins Morales Chapter 5: True Women and Real Men: Myths of Gender How the Americans Understand the Equality of the Sexes Alexis de Tocqueville Girl Jamaica Kincaid Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender Aaron H. Devor The Story of My Body Judith Ortiz Cofer "Two ways a Woman Can Get Hurt": Advertising and Violence [Media Selection] Jean Kilbourne From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos [Media Selection] Joan Morgan Visual Portfolio Reading Images of Gender *"Bros Before Hos": The Guy Code Michael Kimmel *The Descent of Men Dan Kindlon *The Death of Macho Reihan Salam *A Boy's Life Hanna Rosin Chapter 6: This Land is Your Land: American Myths of Nature *From Walking Henry David Thoreau *From An American Childhood Annie Dillard *Climbing the Tree of Health Richard Louv *The Artifice of the Natural [Media Selection] Charles Siebert *From As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial Derek Jensen & Stephanie McMillan *The End of Nature Bill McKibben *Visual Portfolio Reading Images of Nature *Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp Joy Williams *Moving Heaven and Earth Graeme Wood *In Search of Justice Nydia M.Velasquez *Talking to the Owls and Butterflies John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes * new to this edition What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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