Ways of Reading : An Anthology for Writers,9780312570910

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Ways of Reading : An Anthology for Writers

by Bartholomae; Petrosky

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9th

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9780312570910

ISBN10:

0312570910

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

11/12/2010

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Bedford/St. Martin's

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Summary

Ways of Readingcontinues to profoundly influence the teaching of writing by offering a uniquely exciting and challenging approach to first-year composition, integrating reading, writing, and critical thinking with an ambitious selection of readings and editorial features. With carefully honed apparatus that helps students work with the challenging selections,Ways of Readingguides students through the process of developing intellectual skills necessary for college-level academic work by engaging them in conversations with key academic and cultural texts. It also bridges the gap between contemporary critical theory and composition so that instructors can connect their own scholarly work with their teaching.

Preface

Introduction: Ways of Reading
     Making a Mark
     Ways of Reading
     Strong Readers, Strong Texts
     Reading with and against the Grain
     Working with Difficulty
     Reading and Writing: The Questions and Assignments

The Readings

*David Abram, Animism and the Alphabet
Gloria Anzaldúa, Entering into the Serpent
     How to Tame a Wild Tongue
*Kwame Anthony Appiah, Race, Culture, Identity: Misunderstood Connections
John Berger, Ways of Seeing
     On Rembrandt's Woman in Bed
     On Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
*Eula Biss, The Pain Scale
Susan Bordo, Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body
*Judith Butler, Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy
*Anne Carson, Short Talks
*Brian Doyle, Joyas Valoradas
Michel Foucault, Panopticism
Paulo Freire, The “Banking” Concept of Education
Susan Griffin, Our Secret
*Laura Kipnis, Reader Advisory
     Love's Labors
*Richard E. Miller, The Dark Night of the Soul
Walker Percy, The Loss of the Creature
*Antonio Porchia, Voices
Mary Louise Pratt, Arts of the Contact Zone
*Alberto Rios, Translating Translation: Finding the Beginning
Richard Rodriguez, The Achievement of Desire
Edward Said, States
*Tommie Shelby, Social Identity and Group Solidarity
*David Foster Wallace, Authority and American Usage
John Edgar Wideman, Our Time

Assignment Sequences

Working with Assignment Sequences
Working with a Sequence
     Sequence One, The Aims Of Education
     Sequence Two, The Arts Of The Contact Zone
     Sequence Three, Autobiographical Explorations
     Sequence Four, Experts And Expertise
     Sequence Five, On Difficulty
     Sequence Six, Reading Culture
     Sequence Seven, The Uses Of Reading
     Sequence Eight, The Uses Of Reading (Ii)
     Sequence Nine, The Art Of Making Arguments
     Sequence Ten, Working With Metaphor