Reading Culture by Diana George
Acclaimed for its compelling readings and provocative images, Reading Culture: Contexts For Critical Reading and Writing, 8/e provides the reader with outstanding instruction on how to read and write critically about the culture that surrounds them. Written by two highly respected composition theorists, Reading Culture asks the reader to examine how culture organizes social experiences and shapes our identities. From analyzing texts and historical documents to conducting fieldwork and mini-ethnographies, the readers are invited actively investigate culture using cultural studies methods. The first cultural studies reader to also address visual literacy, Reading Culture features a striking four-color format and includes more than 100 images of posters, advertisements, photos, and art to accompany and illustrate the readings or as “Visual Essays” that stand on their own. Always up-to-date, this edition represents a significant revision with new readings, features, and visual images to help the reader gain the necessary critical thinking skills to observe and analyze a broad range of cultural phenomena.
Trimbur, John: - John Trimbur is a specialist in composition and writing studies, with interests in cultural studies of literacy and the politics of language in the United States and South Africa. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from State University of New York, Buffalo. Trimbur is the director of the First Year Writing Program at Emerson College in Boston. He has published widely on writing theory and has won a number of awards, including the Richard Braddock Award for Outstanding Article (2003) for English Only and U.S. College Composition, the James L. Kinneavy Award (2001) for Agency and the Death of the Author: A Partial Defense of Modernism, and the College Composition and Communication Outstanding Book Award (1993) for _The Politics of Writing Instruction: Postsecondary_. He also was a visiting professor at the Centre for Higher Education Development and a resident fellow at the Centre for Rhetorical Studies, both at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780205211258 |
| ISBN 10 | 0205211259 |
| Title | Reading Culture |
| Author | Diana George |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pearson Education (US) |
| Year published | 2012-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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