American Voices with Student Access to Catalyst

by Laguardia, Dolores; Guth, Hans

• ISBN13: 9780073221557
• ISBN10: 0073221554
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-15
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

This thematic reader addresses the diversity of American culture by featuring over 100 provocative readings and images representing a broad range of diverse authorial voices.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor

To the Student

Alternative Rhetorical Table of Contents

About the Editors

PREVIEW: Reading, Writing, Viewing, Internet

The Habit of Close Reading

Becoming a Better Writer

Writing and Thinking

Writing on the Computer

Visual Literacy: Word and Image

Writing Workshop: Starting a Journal

Chapter 1 INITIATION: Growing Up American

Visual Literacy: CANDID PHOTOGRAPHY: Rainy Day

Mary Crow Dog Lakota Woman

Sandip Roy-Chowdhury Interpreter of the Second Generation (Interview)

Garrison Keillor Born among the Born Again

Adriana Barton Growing Up Hippie

Sandra Cisneros Mericans (Short Story)

FORUM: Generation 1 1/2

Caroline Hwang "The Good Daughter"

Nguyen Louie "A Daughters Story" (Student Essay)

Kevin Janda Culture as a Two-Way Street (Student Essay)

Mara Joseph On Being White

Writing Workshop 1: Drawing on Your Experience

Chapter 2 SCHOOL: Learners and Institutions

Visual Literacy: POSTER ART: The Next Generation

Mike Rose Going to School in East L.A.

Jeff Zorn My Daughter, Child #008458743

Thad Williamson Bad As They Wanna Be

Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall A Day in the Life of a Lab Rat

Michael J. Sandel Marketers Are Storming the Schoolhouse

Stanford Report Electronic Communication May Aid Social Interaction (Newsletter)

Nell Bernstein Learning to Love

Louise Erdrich Indian Boarding School: The Runaways (Poem)

FORUM: Free to Worship

Jeffersons Virginia Declaration (Image)

Emily Lesk My 60-Second Protest from the Hallway

Loretta Johnson Prayer Isnt Always Allowed

Niles Elliot Goldstein My Online Synagogue

Writing Workshop 2: From Reading to Writing

Chapter 3 INVENTING AMERICA: Diversity and Community

Visual Literacy: COMMITTED PHOTOGRAPHY: Americanos

Anna Quindlen The Mosaic vs. the Myth

Richard Rodriguez Notes from a Changing America

Ana Veciana-Suarez A Place Where We Belong

Arturo Madrid Diversity and Its Discontents

Jeremiah Creedon The Spiritually Diverse Society

Chitra Divakaruni Indian Movie, New Jersey (Poem)

FORUM: Redeeming Past Injustice

Matthew Kauffman The Day the Slaves Got Their Way

Cynthia Tucker Jefferson, Hemings Affair Cant Be Denied

Suzan Shown Harjo I Wont Be Celebrating Columbus Day

Writing Workshop 3: Exploring Internet and Non-Print Sources

Chapter 4 IDENTITY: Rethinking Race

Visual Literacy: IMAGE AS DOCUMENT: Alabama Department Store

Zora Neale Hurston How It Feels to Be Colored Me

Rebecca Wingers Success Bought at High Cost

Miriam Schulman Affirmative Action or Negative Action

David Bernstein Mixed like Me

Fox Butterfield Why They Excel

Noy Thrupkaew The Myth of the Model Minority

Alice Walker Everyday Use (Short Story)

FORUM: Educating about Race

Richard Cohen Our Children Are Our Future--Unfortunately Theyre Bigots

Patricia Smith The Tiny, Brown Professor

Joan Ryan Home Truths about Race

Cynthia Tucker Double Standard on Drug Sentences

Writing Workshop 4: Pushing Toward a Thesis

Chapter 5 ROLES: Constructing Gender

Visual Literacy: CULTURE WATCH: What Meets the Eye

Lisa M.Krieger Few Women Pick Computer Science

Ruth Conniff The Joy of Womens Sports

Im Jung Kwuon Facing Down Abusers

Anjula Razdan "Whats Love Got to Do with It

Sue Hutchison The New Momism

Robert Bly The Community of Men

Walt Whitman A Glimpse (Poem)

FORUM: Gay in America

Elizabeth Birch A Day to Leave the Closet

William Bennett Love, Marriage, and the Law

Caroly Lochhead Gay Pairs Wed in Massachusetts

L.A. Chung Attitudes on Marriage Change Slowly

Writing Workshop 5: Organizing Your Writing

Chapter 6 OUTSIDERS: Hearing Unheard Voices

Visual Literacy: WARNING SIGNS: Dangerous Border

Annie Downey Is There Life after Welfare?

Amanda Coyne Mothers Day in Federal Prison

Nathan McCall Time

Andre Dubus Why the Able-Bodied Still Dont Get It

Tomas Robles Ferrying Dreamers to the Other Side

Bethlyn Madison Webster Stamps (Poem)

FORUM: Class in a Classless Society

Adair Lara Class Struggle on the Refrigerator

Molly Ivins You Cant Get By on Nickels and Dimes (Book Review)

Gene Nichol Educating for Privilege

Mary Bridges Poverty Up, Women Still Down

Writing Workshop 6: Feedback and Revision

Chapter 7 MEDIA WATCH: Virtual Reality

Visual Literacy: LAYOUT: Formating Your Message

Amanda Fazzone Game Over

George de Stefano Ungood Fellas

Edmund Tuerina A Battle between Citizenship, Ancestry

Roger Angell Return of the Clich Expert

Andrea Freud Loewenstein Sister from Another Planet Probes the Soaps (Satire)

FORUM: The Fencing In of Cyberspace

Adair Lara On the Internet, We All Own a Press

Rob Morse Yes, Virginia, There Is a First Amendment

Jessie Scanlon 7 Ways to Squelch the Net

Writing Workshop 7: Comparing and Contrasting

Chapter 8 ROLE MODELS: Searching for Heroes

Visual Literacy: UNSUNG HEROES: Female Firefighter

Arthur Ashe A Black Athlete Looks at Education

Ambre Brown Morley and Nicole Ostrow Whistleblower: A Question of Conscience

Nancy Gibbs and Richard Stengel Jessica Lynch: The Interview

Steven Win Get Motivated!

Robert Hayden Frederick Douglass (Poem)

FORUM: Exceptional Lives

Andrew Delbanco The Autobiography of Billy Graham (Book Review)

Leslie Gornstein The Digital Amazon

Dave Ford Public Interest Lawyer

Writing Workshop 8: Weighing Your Options

Chapter 9 LANGUAGE: Bond or Barrier?

Visual Literacy: HEADLINES: Spinning the News

Deborah Tannen Talk in the Intimate Relationship: His and Hers

Bernice Sander Men and Women Talking

Amoja Three Rivers Cultural Etiquette: A Guide

Andrew Brownstein A Battle over a Name in the Land of the Sioux

Jorge R. Mancillas Bilingualism: Assimilation Is More Than ABCs

Robin Tolmach Lakoff Power of Words in Wartime

John Heaviside A Gathering of Deafs (Poem)

FORUM: Language and Social Class

Mark Francis Cohen Small Tawk

Toni Cook Ebonics: Opening Pandoras Box (Interview)

Angelo Figueroa Ebonics Plan is Worth a Listen

Writing Workshop 9: Writing to Define

Chapter 10 VIOLENCE: Living at Risk

Visual Literacy: SURVEILLANCE CAMERA: The Face of Terror

Ben Fox Friends Knew Alleged Gunmans Plans (News Story)

Linda M. Hasselstrom A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun

Fred Barbasch Beyond the Finger Pointing

Tobias Wolff White Man

Gwendolyn Brooks The Boy Died in My Alley (Poem)

FORUM: Tough on Crime

Nathan Glazer The Broken Window Theory

Steven Musil Emotions Clouding Rational Decisions (Student Editorial)

Families to Amend Three Strikes A Threat to Justice

San Francisco Chronicle Fruitless Punishment (Editorial)

Writing Workshop 10: Writing to Persuade

Chapter 11 ENVIRONMENT: Saving the Planet

Visual Literacy: NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY: The Return of the Condor

Marie de Santis The Last of the Wild Salmon

Jack Hill The Book of the Tree-Sitters

Jane Kay California Condors Comeback

Margaret Atwood Dreams of the Animals (Poem)

FORUM: The Endangered Ecosphere

Molly Ivins Dont Mention Global Warming

Charles Krauthammer Saving Nature, But Only for Man

Mark Sagoff Feeding Ten Billion People

Writing Workshop 11: Arguing Your Case

Chapter 12 TOMORROWS: Imagining the Future

Visual Literacy: COMPUTER GRAPHICS: The Android Future

T.A. Badger Workers Whose Jobs Go Overseas Look for Help

Ruben Navarette Outsourcing Myth Undercuts the U.S.

Steven Findlay For Many, Good Health Care Barely Exists

Jerome P. Kassirer Federal Foolishness and Marijuana

Marc Cooper Americas Last Honest Place

FORUM: Terror Invades America

David Grann Manhattan Dispatch

Paul Berman Brooklyn Dispatch: Under the Bridge

Ken Garcia Americas Wealth Draws Hatred

Ellen Goodman Prime Target Is Women

David Kay The New Terrorism

Writing Workshop 12: Research-Based Writing