The Contemporary Reader
by: Goshgarian, Gary
The Contemporary Reader
by: Goshgarian, Gary
- ISBN 13:
9780321002051
- ISBN 10:
0321002059
- Edition: 6th
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 07/01/1998
- Publisher: Pearson College Div
- Newer Edition
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Summary
The Contemporary Reader reader includes more contemporary selections than any other popular culture reader on the market with over 90% of the readings written in the last five years. The text's ten tightly focused thematic chapters cover a range of writing on interesting issues familiar to students and relevant to our times." Readings are organized around a variety of appealing, thought-provoking themes such as " Fashion and Flesh: The Images We Project, " " Advertising: Wanting It, Selling It, " " On the Cutting Edge of Science: Human Cloning and Genetic Engineering, " " Making the Grade: Education Today, " " Gender Perceptions, " and " The American Experience."
Table of Contents
Read moreRhetorical Contents | xvi | (5) | |||
Preface | xxi | ||||
Introduction: How to Read Critically | 1 | (2) | |||
Why Read Critically | 2 | (1) | |||
How to Read Critically | 3 | (1) | |||
Sample Essay for Analysis | 3 | (1) | |||
A No-Fault Holocaust | 3 | (19) | |||
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Keeping a Journal on What You Read | 5 | (1) | |||
Annotate What You Read | 6 | (3) | |||
Outline What You Read | 9 | (2) | |||
Summarize What You Read | 11 | (1) | |||
Question What You Read | 12 | (2) | |||
Analyze What You Read | 14 | (8) | |||
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Photo and Text Credits | 574 | (2) | |||
Index of Authors and Titles | 576 |
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