The Contemporary Reader
, by Goshgarian, Gary A.
- ISBN: 9780321871893 | 0321871898
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/27/2012
A best-selling popular culture reader, The Contemporary Readeroffers more than 70 readings taken from today's headlines to inspire students to write on topics that really matter to them. This collection offers over 70 current, well-written, provocative readings that students can relate toreadings that stimulate class discussion, critical thinking, and writing. Over 90% of the readings were written within the last five years. The text's nine tightly focused thematic chapters provide balanced readings with multiple perspectives on issues that students care about
Rhetorical Contents
Preface
Introduction: How to Read and Write Critically
What Is Critical Thinking?
Why Read Critically?
How to Read Critically
Internet On, Inhibitions Off: Why We Tell All, Matt Ridley
Keep a Journal on What You Read
Annotate What You Read
Outline What You Read
Summarize What You Read
Question What You Read
Analyze What You Read
What Is Critical Writing?
Developing Ideas
Narrowing the Topic
Identifying Your Audience
Developing a Thesis
Understanding Your Paper’s Objective
Researching
Selecting Sources for Your Paper
Documenting Sources
Organizing Your Paper
Drafting Your Essay
Writing Your Introduction
Developing Paragraphs and Making Transitions
Concluding Well
Editing and Revising
Using Active Voice
Grammar and Punctuation
Proofreading Effectively
Approaching Visuals Critically
Images and Advertising
Altoids Ad
Deciphering Editorial Cartoons
Graduation Resistance Cartoon
Chapter 1: Fashion and Flesh: The Images We Project
My Hips, My Caderas, Alisa Valdes
Weight of the World, Niranjana Iyer
Strong Enough, Wendy Shanker
MODERN SCHOLAR: Body Image, Media, and Eating Disorders, Jennifer L. Derenne; Eugene V. Beresin
CULTURE SHOCK: Get Real Ad
Out-of-Body Image, Caroline Heldman
The Natural Beauty Myth, Garance Franke-Ruta
How Men Really Feel about Their Bodies, Ted Spiker
CULTURE SHOCK: Mr. Olympia
Never Too Buff, John Cloud
VIEWPOINTS
Why I Rue My Tattoo, Beth Janes
Reading Tattoos: What X Can Learn From Y, G. W. W. (Open Salon Blog Post)
PERSPECTIVES: Editorial Cartoon (Restroom Designation)
Chapter 2: Consumer Nation: Wanting It, Selling It
Which One of These Sneakers Is Me?, Douglas Rushkoff
Just a Little Princess?, Peggy Orenstein
Perspectives: Editorial Cartoon (My Things Define Me)
MODERN SCHOLAR: The Daily You, Joseph Turow
Coming to a Lab Near You, Mary Carmichael
Culture Shock: A Portfolio of Advertisements
Boys and Girls Club
M & Ms
Kenneth Cole
Honda
United Colors of Benneton
Dolce & Gabbana
Calvin Klein
The Allure of Luxury, James B. Twitchell
Will Your Recession Be Tall, Grande, or Venti?, Daniel Gross
VIEWPOINTS
With These Words, I Can Sell You Anything, William Lutz
The Language of Advertising, Charles A. O’Neill
Chapter 3: Generation Recession: The Challenges We Face
Generation Debt, Anna Kamenetz
Strapped, Tamara Draut
Grow Up? Not So Fast, Lev Grossman
Recession Generation, Sharon Jayson
Major Delusions, Tali Sharot
MODERN SCHOLAR: Debtor’s Prism, Margaret Atwood
Perspectives: Editorial Cartoon (who pays for debt?)
VIEWPOINTS
Twentysomething: Be Responsible, Go Back Home after College, Ryan Healy
The “Responsible” Child, Florinda Vasquez
Chapter 4: That’s Entertainment?
The Culture of Celebrity, Joseph Epstein
Death to the Film Critics–All Hail the CelebCult!, Roger Ebert
Perspectives: Editorial Cartoon (Bloody Paparazzi)
Return of the Brainless Hussies, Rebecca Traister
MODERN SCHOLAR: The Role of Violent Video Game Content in Adolescent Development: Boys' Perspectives, Cheryl Olsen, Lawrence Kutner and Dorothy Warner
Rap Artists’ Use of Women, Luke Bobo
Twilight' vs. 'Hunger Games': Why Do So Many Grown-Ups Hate Bella?, Noah Berlatsky
Poof!, Dana Vachon
VIEWPOINTS
The Case for Reality TV, Michael Hirschorn
Reality TV: Should We Really Watch, Elizabeth Larkin
Chapter 5: The Social Animal: Connecting in a Digital World
Mirror, Mirror, on the Web, Lakshmi Chaudry
Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism, Christine Rosen
You Gotta Have (150) Friends, Robin Dunbar
MODERN SCHOLAR: Streams of Content, Limited Attention, danah boyd
Perspectives: Editorial Cartoon: (The Evolution of Communication)
Crafting Your Image for Your 1,000 Friends on Facebook, Stuart Wolpert
I Tweet, Therefore I Am, Peggy Orenstein
VIEWPOINTS
Privacy Strikes Back, Jeffrey Rosen
Stop Panicking About the Bullies, Nick Gillespie
Chapter 6: Perspectives on Gender: Bridging the Gap
My Most Attractive Adversary, Madeleine Begun Kane
Advertisers, Men Are Not Idiots, Glenn Sacks and Richard Smaglick
The End of Men?, Hanna Rosin
Perspectives: Editorial Cartoon (Zits, Unspoken Gender Communication)
The Men We Carry in Our Minds, Scott Russell Sanders
MODERN SCHOLAR: The Science of Difference, Steven Pinker
Feminism in a Mad World, Aviva Dove-Biebahn
Culture Shock: Annika Sorenstam Has Another Remarkable Year For A Lady
VIEWPOINTS
Lose Title IX please, Boise State Wants Baseball, Brittney Johnson
Title IX Needed Now More Than Ever, Joe Gisondi
Gender Inequality, E. M. Swift
Chapter 7: Race and Racism: Can We Be Color-Blind?
Inequality, Race, and Remedy, Alan Jenkins
MODERN SCHOLAR: Why Should We Care About Racial Inequality?, Glenn Loury
Leaving Race Behind, Amitai Etzioni
Perspectives: History Marches On
The End of White America?, Hua Hsu
People Like Us, David Brooks
Culture Shock: Look Legal
Why Is the N.Y.P.D. After Me?, Nicholas K. Peart
VIEWPOINTS
Airport Security: Let's Profile Muslims, Asra Q. Nomani *
Racial Profiling is Poisoning Muslim Americans' Trust, Sahar Aziz
Chapter 8: Family Affairs: Marriage in Flux
MODERN SCHOLAR: Family: Idea, Institution, and Controversy, Betty G. Farrell
Culture Shock: Marriage Trends in the United States
On Not Saying “I Do”, Dorian Solot
For Better, For Worse, Stephanie Coontz
Five Non-Religious Arguments for Marriage, Dennis Prager
Perspectives: Editorial Cartoon (The New American Family)
Why Gay Marriage Is Good for Straight America, Andrew Sullivan
Is Polygamy Really So Awful?, Libby Copeland
Did I Miss Something?, Lowell Putnam
VIEWPOINTS
Think of the Children, Andrew J. Cherlin
The Higher Risk of Cohabitation, Sharon Sassler
Laws Should Reflect Reality, Nicky Grist
Why the Ring Matters, W. Bradford Wilcox
Chapter 9: Brave New World: What Can Science Do?
Girl or Boy?, Denise Grady
Will Gattaca Come True?, Mara Hvistendahl
Perspectives: Editorial Cartoon (Meet My Mothers)
Her Body, My Baby, Alex Kuczynski
Frozen Assets, Jay Newton-Small
MODERN SCHOLAR: It's Not About Broccoli! The False Case Against Health Care, Einer Elhauge
For organ donation, Facebook beats the DMV, Art Caplan
Viewpoints
State Intervention in Life-Threatening Childhood Obesity, Lindsey Murtagh, JD, MPH; David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD
Childhood Obesity Warrants Removal of Child to Foster Care, Susan Brady
Why Fat Cannot Make You Unfit to Parent, Summer Johnson McGee
Credits
Index
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