This truly global multicultural reader features almost 60 contemporary selections by internationally acclaimed authors from 22 countries. These compelling readings explore cultural differences in relation to race, class, gender, and nationality, challenging readers to compare their experiences with those of others in radically different cultural circumstances.
Introduces readers to the culture and people of other countries through the eyes of someone from that culture.
Family life, adolescent relationships, gender roles, work and the environment, race and class conflicts, social and political issues, “the other,” and customs, rituals, and values — from the perspectives of authors from 22 countries.
General interest in global issues / other cultures.
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One World, Many Cultures, Seventh Edition
The best of all possible worlds! This truly global multicultural reader features contemporary selections by over sixty internationally acclaimed authors from twenty-six countries.
These compelling readings, which explore cultural differences in relation to race, class, gender and nationality, challenge you to compare your experiences with those of others in radically different cultural circumstances. Eight thematic chapters explore cultural perspectives on human experiences around the globe: family life; adolescent relationships; gender roles; work, race and class conflicts; customs, rituals and values.
In this new edition, twenty-seven new readings–close to half the book–provide timely reflections on the issues of today, and new chapters on Geopolitical Issues (Chapter 6) and Experiencing A Different Culture (Chapter 7) challenge the basic assumptions of U.S. culture and explore what it means to be “the other” in a variety of cultures.
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A global multicultural reader featuring contemporary selections by sixty one authors from twenty six countries.
* Denotes selections new to this edition. Each chapter concludes with “Connecting Cultures” questions.
Rhetorical Contents
Preface
Introduction
Critical Reading for Ideas and Organization.
Finding a Thesis
Responding to What You Read
Marking as You Read
Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion
A Sample Essay for Student Annotation, Edward T. Hall, Hidden Culture
Keeping a Reading Journal
* Writing Your Essay
1. The Family in Different Cultures
Gayle Pemberton, Antidisestablishmentarianism
* Amy Tan, The Language of Discretion
* John Cheever, Reunion (Short Story)
* Fritz Peters, Boyhood with Gurdjieff
* Steve Sailer, Cousin Marriage Conundrum
Gayatri Devi, A Princess Remembers
Daniela Deane, The Little Emperors
Connecting Cultures
2. Turning Points
Sucheng Chan, You're Short, Besides!
Christy Brown, The Letter 'A'
Hanan al-Shaykh, The Persian Carpet (Short Story)
* Sabine Reichel, Learning What Was Never Taught
Douchan Gersi, Initiated into an Iban Tribe of Headhunters
* Guanlong Cao, Chopsticks
* Germaine Greer, One Man’s Mutilation Is Another Man’s Beautification
Connecting Cultures
3. How Culture Shapes Gender Roles
Susan Bordo, Never Just Pictures
* Barbara Kantrowitz, The New Face of Marriage
Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Myth of the Latin Woman
Nawal El Saadawi, The Circumcision of Girls
* Shirley Saad, Amina (Short Story)
Elizabeth W. Fernea and Robert A. Fernea, A Look Behind the Veil
Serena Nanda, Arranging a Marriage in India
* Nicholas Bornoff, The Marriage Go-Round
Connecting Cultures
4. Work and the Environment
* Deborah Tannen, Ritual Fighting
Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel- and- Dimed
*Gerald W. Haslam, The Water Game
Victor Villaseñor, Rain of Gold.
*Helena Norberg-Hodge, Learning from Ladakh
Tomoyuki Iwashita, Why I Quit the Company
Catherine Lim, Paper (Short Story)
Connecting Cultures
5. Race, Class, and Caste.
*Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream
Itabari Njeri, What’s In a Name?
Mary Crow Dog, Civilize Them with a Stick
Kate Chopin, Desiree’s Baby (Short Story)
*Richard Rodriguez, On Becoming a Chicano
Raymonde Carroll, Sex, Money, and Success
Mahdokht Kashkuli, The Button (Short Story)
Viramma, A Pariah’s Life
Connecting Cultures
6. Social and Political Issues
*Philip Slater, Want-Creation Fuels Americans’ Addictiveness
*Jeremy Rifkin, Big, Bad Beef
*Eric Schlosser, Kid Kustomers
Luis Sepulveda, Daisy
Stephen Chapman, The Prisoner's Dilemma
Panos Ioannides, Gregory (Short Story)
Rae Yang, At the Center of the Storm.
Connecting Cultures
7. The Other
*Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures
Gloria Anzaldúa, Cervicide (Short Story)
Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel, Individualism as an American Cultural Value
Gino del Guercio, The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead
Ngugi Thiong’o, Decolonising the Mind
*Kyoko Mori, Polite Lies
David R. Counts, Too Many Bananas
Connecting Cultures
8. Customs, Rituals, and Values
*Harold Miner, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
*Mary Brave Bird, The Granddaddy of Them All
*Jennifer Fisher, Nutcracker Nation
Octavio Paz, Fiesta
*Richard Keller Simon, The Shopping Mall and the Formal Garden
Nabil Gorgy, Cairo Is a Small City (Short Story)
Liza Dalby, Kimono
Valerie Steele and John S. Major, China Chic: East Meets West
Connecting Cultures
Pronunciation Key
Credits
Search Terms Index
Geographical Index
Index of Authors and Titles