READING CULTURE - CONTEXTS FOR CRITICAL READING AND WRITING

Developed for college writing courses, this cultural studies reader was compiled by George (Michigan Technological U.) and Trimbur (Worcester Polytechnic U.) with an eye towards developing the critical analytical skills of students thinking about culture (defined broadly) in the United States. Chapters contain a range of essays, poems, analyses considering such topics as the news consumption, generational differences, education, the power of images, the public sphere, style, storytelling, work, American history, and postcolonialism.