American Voices : Culture and Community

by Laguardia, Dolores; Guth, Hans Paul

• ISBN13: 9781559349345
• ISBN10: 1559349344
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

Summary

American Voices: Culture and Community, Fifth Edition, is a thematic reader that focuses on contemporary American culture, offers over 120 provocative readings and images representing a broad range of genres and diverse authorial voices, and includes substantial instruction in writing and research. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor	vii	(4)
To the Student	xi	(10)
Alternative Rhetorical Table of Contents	xxi	(4)
About the Editors	xxv
INTRODUCTION: Reading, Writing, Thinking	1	(25)
WRITING WORKSHOP: Starting a Journal	26	(3)
1 INITIATION: Growing Up American	29	(46)
Student Essay	31	(35)
NGUYEN LOUIE
"A Daughter's Story"	31	(4)
MARY CROW DOG
"Lakota Woman"	35	(6)
MAYA ANGELOU
"Step Forward in the Car, Please"	41	(6)
GARRISON KEILLOR
"Born among the Born-Again"	47	(5)
SUSAN J. MILLER
"My Father's Other Life"	52	(5)
LOIS PHILLIPS HUDSON
"Children of the Harvest"	57	(9)
FRANK CHIN
Fiction: "Donald Duk and the White Monsters"	66	(6)
JANICE MIRIKITANI
Poem: "For My Father"	72	(3)
WRITING WORKSHOP 1: Writing from Experience	75	(8)
2 NEW WORLD: Diversity and Community	83	(43)
ANNA QUINDLEN
"The Mosaic vs. the Myth"	85	(3)
News Story	88	(30)
DIRK JOHNSON
"Legion Bars Immigrant from Scholars' Camp"	88	(3)
ARTURO MADRID
"Diversity and Its Discontents"	91	(10)
DIANE RAVITCH
"Multiculturalism and the Common Center"	101	(7)
URSULA K. LE GUIN
"Along the Platte"	108	(5)
HARVEY MILK
"A City of Neighborhoods"	113	(5)
SANDRA CISNEROS
Short Story: "Mericans"	118	(4)
LI-YOUNG LEE
Poem: "Persimmons"	122	(4)
WRITING WORKSHOP 2: Writing from Interviews	126	(7)
3 CONTESTED HISTORY: Rediscovering America	133	(52)
SUZAN SHOWN HARJO
"I Won't Be Celebrating Columbus Day"	135	(3)
GREGORIO CERIO
"Were the Spaniards That Cruel?"	138	(6)
Oral History	144	(30)
BLACK ELK
"The Earth Is All That Lasts"	144	(14)
IRVING STONE
"Death Valley Earns Its Name"	158	(6)
MATTHEW KAUFFMAN
"The Day the Slaves Got Their Way"	164	(3)
DANIEL J. BOORSTIN
"Why I Am Optimistic about America"	167	(7)
GISH JEN
Short Story: "In the American Society"	174	(9)
LOUISE ERDRICH
Poem: "Indian Boarding School: The Runaways"	183	(2)
WRITING WORKSHOP 3: Writing about Your Reading	185	(8)
4 OUTSIDERS: Unheard Voices	193	(57)
ANONYMOUS
"Homeless Woman Living in a Car"	195	(5)
MIKE ROSE
"Our Schools and Our Children"	200	(8)
NATHAN McCALL
"Time"	208	(11)
Oral History	219	(21)
JOSE LUIS
ROSA MARIA URBINA
"Coming Back across the River"	219	(6)
MARY KAY BLAKELY
"Memories of Frank"	225	(8)
YNESTRA KING
"The Other Body: Disability and Identity Politics"	233	(7)
TILLIE OLSEN
Short Story: "I Stand Here Ironing"	240	(8)
WALT WHITMAN
Poem: "A Glimpse"	248	(2)
WRITING WORKSHOP 4: Drawing Conclusions	250	(7)
5 IDENTITY: Rethinking Race	257	(50)
ZORA NEALE HURSTON
"How It Feels to Be Colored Me"	259	(5)
Interview	264	(32)
JOE GUTIERREZ
"On the Job" (interviewed by Studs Terkel)	264	(5)
MIRIAM SCHULMAN
"Affirmative Action or Negative Action"	269	(5)
SHELBY STEELE
"White Guilt"	274	(8)
FOX BUTTERFIELD
"Why They Excel"	282	(6)
DAVID BERNSTEIN
"Mixed Like Me"	288	(8)
ALICE WALKER
Short Story: "Everyday Use"	296	(9)
LORNA DEE CERVANTES
Poem: "Refugee Ship"	305	(2)
WRITING WORKSHOP 5: Organizing Your Writing	307	(8)
6 CULTURE WARS: Constructing Gender	315	(53)
News Story: "2 Women Cadets Leave the Citadel"	317	(38)
PATTY FISHER
"The Injustice System: Women Have Begun to Fight"	320	(6)
NAOMI WOLF
"Are Opinions Male?"	326	(11)
ROBERT BLY
"The Community of Men"	337	(5)
BARBARA EHRENREICH
"Their Dilemma and Mine"	342	(4)
RANDALL E. MAJORS
"America's Emerging Gay Culture"	346	(9)
Forum	355	(6)
WILLIAM J. BENNETT
"Love, Marriage and the Law"	355	(3)
RICHARD RODRIGUEZ
"Growing Acceptance by Family, Friends"	358	(3)
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Short Story: "Hills Like White Elephants"	361	(5)
JUDY GRAHN
Poem: "Nadine, Resting on Her Neighbor's Stoop"	366	(2)
WRITING WORKSHOP 6: Comparing and Contrasting	368	(7)
7 MEDIA WATCH: Image and Reality	375	(45)
News Report	377	(20)
PATRICIA JACOBUS
"Boy Killed after School"	377	(3)
JEANNE ALBRONDA HEATON
NONA LEIGH WILSON
"Talk TV: Tuning In to Trouble"	380	(6)
CARL BERNSTEIN
"The Idiot Culture"	386	(5)
GLORIA STEINEM
"Erotica and Pornography"	391	(6)
Forum	397	(15)
ELLEN GOODMAN
"Larry Flynt's Big Makeover"	397	(1)
STANLEY KAUFFMANN
"The Merchant of Venus"	398	(2)
HANNA ROSIN
"Larry Flynt, Scum Chic"	400	(7)
GREGORY CLAY
"A Black Journalist Urges O. J. to Admit the Truth"	407	(5)
ANDREA FREUD LOEWENSTEIN
Satire: "Sister from Another Planet Probes the Soaps"	412	(6)
SHARON OLDS
Poem: "The Death of Marilyn Monroe"	418	(2)
WRITING WORKSHOP 7: Weighing Pro and Con	420	(7)
8 ROLE MODELS: In Search of Heroes	427	(54)
ARTHUR ASHE
"A Black Athlete Looks at Education"	429	(3)
JENNY LYN BADER
"Larger Than Life"	432	(11)
STEPHANIE SALTER
"Fad of the Moment: Starving Schools"	443	(4)
DAVID POPENOE
"The Decline of Fatherhood"	447	(8)
ALICE WALKER
"In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens"	455	(10)
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
"I Have a Dream"	465	(5)
RALPH ELLISON
Short Story: "Mister Toussan"	470	(8)
PAMELA ALEXANDER
Poem: "Flight (for Amelia Earhart)"	478	(3)
WRITING WORKSHOP 8: Arguing from Principle	481	(6)
9 LANGUAGE: Bond or Barrier?	487	(54)
DEBORAH TANNEN
"Talk in the Intimate Relationship: His and Hers"	489	(11)
AMOJA THREE RIVERS
"Cultural Etiquette: A Guide"	500	(5)
JORGE R. MANCILLAS
"Bilingualism: Assimilation Is More Than ABCs"	505	(4)
TONI COOK
Interview: "Ebonics: Opening Pandora's Box"	509	(11)
Forum	520	(10)
LOLIS ERIC ELIE
"Naysayers Miss Point"	520	(1)
IRA EISENBERG
"The Press and the Ebonics Story"	521	(2)
ANGELO FIGUEROA
"Ebonics Plan Is Worth a Listen"	523	(3)
ROGER ANGELL
"Return of the Cliche Expert"	526	(4)
TONI CADE BAMBARA
Short Story: "The Lesson"	530	(8)
JOHN HEAVISIDE
Poem: "A Gathering of Deafs"	538	(3)
WRITING WORKSHOP 9: Writing to Define	541	(6)
10 VIOLENCE: Living at Risk
STEVEN MUSIL
Student Editorial: "Emotions Clouding Rational Decisions"	549	(3)
News Story: "Violence Kills More U.S. Kids"	552	(27)
NAN DESUKA
"Why Handguns Must Be Outlawed"	555	(5)
LINDA M. HASSELSTROM
"A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun"	560	(5)
WENDY KAMINER
"Federal Offense"	565	(9)
LARRY HEINEMANN
"Tour of Duty"	574	(5)
RASMEY SAM
Student Essay: "Cambodian Boys Don't Cry"	579	(4)
LUIS VALDEZ
Play: "The Buck Private" (Soldado Razo)	583	(12)
WRITING WORKSHOP 10: Writing to Persuade	595	(8)
11 ENVIRONMENT: Participating in Nature	603	(45)
JOHN (FIRE) LAME DEER
RICHARD ERDOES
"Listening to the Air"	605	(5)
MARIE DE SANTIS
"The Last of the Wild Salmon"	610	(4)
JOHN VIDAL
"Hearts of Oak"	614	(4)
JUDI BARI
"The Feminization of Earth First!"	618	(5)
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
"Saving Nature, but Only for Man"	623	(3)
DEBORAH BLUM
"The Monkey Wars"	626	(8)
FARLEY MOWAT
Short Story: "The Snow Walker"	634	(11)
MARGARET ATWOOD
Poem: "Dreams of the Animals"	645	(3)
WRITING WORKSHOP 11: The Investigative Paper	648	(9)
12 UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Dream or Nightmare	657	(31)
PHILIP ELMER-DEWITT
"Bards of the Internet"	659	(4)
LESTER THUROW
"American Capitalism Needs a Heart Transplant"	663	(6)
MARK FRANKEL
"Candid Camera: Corporate Snooping 101"	669	(4)
RICHARD COHEN
"Our Children Are Our Future--Unfortunately They're Bigots"	673	(3)
JEROME P. KASSIRER
"Federal Foolishness and Marijuana"	676	(4)
LAURA SHAPIRO
Book Reviews: "Sisterhood Was Powerful"	680	(5)
MARIA HERRERA-SOBEK
Poem: "My All-American Son"	685	(3)
WRITING WORKSHOP 12: The Documented Paper	688	(43)
A Glossary of Terms	731	(2)
Credits	733	(6)
Index of Authors and Titles	739