Dolores LaGuardia, Hans P. Guth

American Voices: Culture and Community

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This thematic reader focuses on contemporary American culture and offers over 120 provocative readings and images representing a broad range of genres and diverse authorial voices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• 5th edition
• Seitenzahl: 777
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 162mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1025g
• ISBN-13: 9780072556001
• ISBN-10: 0072556005
• Artikelnr.: 22012306

Inhaltsangabe

* New to this edition ORIENTATION: Reading
Thinking
and Writing 1. INITIATION: Growing Up American * Ana Veciana-Suarez
A Place Where We Belong Garrison Keillor
'Born among the Born Again' Susan J. Miller
'My Fathers Other Life' Mary Crow Dog
'Lakota Woman' Sandra Cisneros
Mericans [short story] Lorna Dee Cervantes
Refugee Ship [poem] FORUM: Bridging Two Cultures Caroline Hwang
'The Good Daughter' Nguyen Louie
'A Daughters Story' [student essay] * Mara Joseph
On Being White [student essay] Writing Workshop 1: Writing from Experience 2. LEARNING: School and Life * Thessaly La Force
No Rest for the Overachiever Going to School in East L.A. [student editorial] * Mike Rose
Going to School in East L.A. * Michael J. Sandel
Marketers Are Storming the Schoolhouse * Stanford Report
Electronic Communication May Aid Social Interaction [newsletter] Nell Bernstein
Learning to Love * Kenyatta Matthews
Black College in (White) America Frank Chin
'Donald Duk and the White Monsters' [short story] Louise Erdrich
The Runaways [poem] FORUM: Free to Worship Loretta Johnson
'Prayer Isnt Always Allowed' * Emily Lesk
My 60-Second Protest from the Hallway * David G. Savage
Justices Allow Bible Classes Writing Workshop 2: Writing from Interviews 3. NEW WORLD: Diversity and Community Anna Quindlen
The Mosaic vs. the Myth Cynthia Tucker
'Jefferson
Hemings Affair Cant Be Denied' Arturo Madrid
Diversity and Its Discontents * Walter Kirn
Mormons: Walking a Mile in Their Shoes Jeremiah Creedon
The Spiritually Diverse Society Daniel J. Boorstin
'Why I Am Optimistic about America' Janice Mirikitani
For My Father [poem] FORUM: Redeeming Past Injustice Matthew Kauffman
The Day the Slaves Got Their Way Suzan Shown Harjo
I Wont Be Celebrating Columbus Day James P. Pinkerton
One More Salvo in Culture War [movie review] Writing Workshop 3: Writing About Your Reading 4. OUTSIDERS: Other Voices * Annie Downey
Is There Life after Welfare? Amanda Coyne
'Mothers Day in Federal Prison' Nathan McCall
'Time' * Andre Dubus
Why the Able-Bodied Still Dont Get It Ynestra King
'The Other Body: Disability and Identity Politics' Toni Cade Bambara
'The Lesson' [short story] Bethlyn Madison Webster
'Stamps' [poem] FORUM: Disparity of Wealth * Adair Lara
Class Struggle on the Refrigerator Peter Rothberg
'Lockout!' Ken Garcia
Obscenely High Payout to Departing Chief * Molly Ivins
You Cant Get By on Nickels and Dimes [book review] Writing Workshop 4: Drawing Conclusions 5. IDENTITY: Rethinking Race David Bernstein
'Mixed like Me' Zora Neale Hurston
'How It Feels to Be Colored Me' Joe Gutierrez
'On the Job' [interviewwith Studs Terkel] Miriam Schulman
'Affirmative Action or Negative Action' Fox Butterfield
'Why They Excel' Alice Walker
'Everyday Use' [short story] * Maya Angelou
Phenomenal Woman [poem] FORUM: Educating about Race Richard Cohen
'Our Children Are Our FutureUnfortunately Theyre Bigots' * Patricia Smith
The Tiny
Brown Professor Joan Ryan
'Home Truths about Race' Cynthia Tucker
'Double Standard on Drug Sentences' Writing Workshop 5: Organizing Your Writing 6. CULTURE WARS: Constructing Gender Nanette Asimov
Fewer Teen Girls Enrolling in Technology Classes Ruth Connif
'The Joy of Womens Sports' Im Jung Kwuon
' Facing Down Abusers' Robert Bly
'The Community of Men' Ernest Hemingway
'Hills Like White Elephants' [short story] Walt Whitman
'A Glimpse' [poem] FORUM: Gay in America Elizabeth Birch
A Day to Leave the Closet William Bennett
'Love
Marriage
and the Law' * Tammerlin Drummond
The Marrying Kind * Elizabeth Bell
Teaching Tolerance Before Hate Takes Root Writing Workshop 6: Comparing and Contrasting 7. MEDIA WATCH: Virtual Reality * Amanda Fazzone
Game Over * George de Stefano
Ungood Fellas Jeanne Albronda Heaton and Nona Leigh Wilson
'Talk TV:Tuning In to Trouble' * VISUAL: Virginia Slims Campaign * Liz Smith
My Breakfast with Fergie * Jean Bethke Elstain
'Diana and the Celebrity Culture' Andrea Freud Loewenstein
Sister from Another Planet Probes the Soaps [satire] Sharon Olds
'The Death of Marilyn Monroe' [poem] FORUM: The Fencing in of Cyberspace Adair Lara
On the Internet
We All Own a Press * Rob Morse
Yes
Virginia
there Is a First Amendment John Browning
The Internet Is Learning to Censor Itself J.D. Lasica
Censorship Devices on the Internet Jon Swartz
Push to Squash Spam Writing Workshop 7: Weighing Alternatives 8. ROLE MODELS: The Search for Heroes Arthur Ashe
A Black Athlete Looks at Education John Seabrook
'E-Mail from Bill' Mark Leiren-Young
Dream Catcher David Popenoe
'The Decline of Fatherhood' Ralph Ellison
'Mister Toussan' [short story] Judy Grahn
'Nadine
Resting on Her Neighbors Stoop' [poem] FORUM: The American Dream Andrew Delbanco
The Autobiography of Billy Graham [book review] Leslie Gornstein
The Digital Amazon * Gloria Steinem
Hillary in the Crossfire Writing Workshop 8: Arguing from Principle 9. LANGUAGE: From Bond to Barrier and Back Deborah Tannen
'Talk in the Intimate Relationship: His and Hers' Amoja Three Rivers
'Cultural Etiquette: A Guide' * Andrarjo
I Wont Be Celebrating Columbus Day James P. Pinkerton
One More Salvo in Culture War [movie review] Writing Workshop 3: Writing About Your Reading 4. OUTSIDERS: Other Voices * Annie Downey
Is There Life after Welfare? Amanda Coyne
'Mothers Day in Federal Prison' Nathan McCall
'Time' * Andre Dubus
Why the Able-Bodied Still Dont Get It Ynestra King
'The Other Body: Disability and Identity Politics' Toni Cade Bambara
'The Lesson' [short story] Bethlyn Madison Webster
'Stamps' [poem] FORUM: Disparity of Wealth * Adair Lara
Class Struggle on the Refrigerator Peter Rothberg
'Lockout!' Ken Garcia
Obscenely High Payout to Departing Chief * Molly Ivins
You Cant Get By on Nickels and Dimes [book review] Writing Workshop 4: Drawing Conclusions 5. IDENTITY: Rethinking Race David Bernstein
'Mixed like Me' Zora Neale Hurston
'How It Feels to Be Colored Me' Joe Gutierrez
'On the Job' [interviewwith Studs Terkel] Miriam Schulman
'Affirmative Action or Negative Action' Fox Butterfield
'Why They Excel' Alice Walker
'Everyday Use' [short story] * Maya Angelou
Phenomenal Woman [poem] FORUM: Educating about Race Richard Cohen
'Our Children Are Our FutureUnfortunately Theyre Bigots' * Patricia Smith
The Tiny
Brown Professor Joan Ryan
'Home Truths about Race' Cynthia Tucker
'Double Standard on Drug Sentences' Writing Workshop 5: Organizing Your Writing 6. CULTURE WARS: Constructing Gender Nanette Asimov
Fewer Teen Girls Enrolling in Technology Classes Ruth Connif
'The Joy of Womens Sports' Im Jung Kwuon
' Facing Down Abusers' Robert Bly
'The Community of Men' Ernest Hemingway
'Hills Like White Elephants' [short story] Walt Whitman
'A Glimpse' [poem] FORUM: Gay in America Elizabeth Birch
A Day to Leave the Closet William Bennett
'Love
Marriage
and the Law' * Tammerlin Drummond
The Marrying Kind * Elizabeth Bell
Teaching Tolerance Before Hate Takes Root Writing Workshop 6: Comparing and Contrasting 7. MEDIA WATCH: Virtual Reality * Amanda Fazzone
Game Over * George de Stefano
Ungood Fellas Jeanne Albronda Heaton and Nona Leigh Wilson
'Talk TV:Tuning In to Trouble' * VISUAL: Virginia Slims Campaign * Liz Smith
My Breakfast with Fergie * Jean Bethke Elstain
'Diana and the Celebrity Culture' Andrea Freud Loewenstein
Sister from Another Planet Probes the Soaps [satire] Sharon Olds
'The Death of Marilyn Monroe' [poem] FORUM: The Fencing in of Cyberspace Adair Lara
On the Internet
We All Own a Press * Rob Morse
Yes
Virginia
there Is a First Amendment John Browning
The Internet Is Learning to Censor Itself J.D. Lasica
Censorship Devices on the Internet Jon Swartz
Push to Squash Spam Writing Workshop 7: Weighing Alternatives 8. ROLE MODELS: The Search for Heroes Arthur Ashe
A Black Athlete Looks at Education John Seabrook
'E-Mail from Bill' Mark Leiren-Young
Dream Catcher David Popenoe
'The Decline of Fatherhood' Ralph Ellison
'Mister Toussan' [short story] Judy Grahn
'Nadine
Resting on Her Neighbors Stoop' [poem] FORUM: The American Dream Andrew Delbanco
The Autobiography of Billy Graham [book review] Leslie Gornstein
The Digital Amazon * Gloria Steinem
Hillary in the Crossfire Writing Workshop 8: Arguing from Principle 9. LANGUAGE: From Bond to Barrier and Back Deborah Tannen
'Talk in the Intimate Relationship: His and Hers' Amoja Three Rivers
'Cultural Etiquette: A Guide' * Andr