Literacies Reading, Writing, Interpretation

by Brunk, Terence; Diamond, Suzanne; Perkins, Priscilla; Smith, Ken

• ISBN13: 9780393975376
• ISBN10: 0393975371
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-04
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

This impressively diverse collection contains 44 selections from both academic and nonacademic sources. Coupled with thoughtfully crafted pedagogy, these readings ask students to examine the knowledge, experience, and assumptions they bring to their reading, to interpret the selections in conversation with other readings, and to respond in writing. With the Second Edition, the editors have strengthened the book's emphasis on literacy as a theme, incorporated more cross-disciplinary selections, and enriched the apparatus. These revisions reflect the editors' commitment to making Literacies the ideal choice for composition courses that emphasize academic discourse.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Introduction	xvii
Invitations to Read and Write	xxix
``Mary''	3	(8)
Maya Angelou
An End to Audience?	11	(16)
Margaret Atwood
Down at the Cross	27	(20)
James Baldwin
Communication in a Global Village	47	(18)
Dean Barnlund
Community, Commitment, and Individuality	65	(12)
Robert Bellah
The Ignored Lesson of Anne Frank	77	(14)
Bruno Bettelheim
Observations on Marxism and Lakota Tradition	91	(16)
Frank Black Elk
The Social Power of Expert Healers	107	(22)
Howard Brody
Black Feminist Process: In the Midst of...	129	(12)
Barbara Christian
Incidents of Tourism in Chiapas & Yucatan	141	(14)
James Clifford
Cybergrace: The Search for God in the Digital World	155	(14)
Jennifer J. Cobb
Those Dead Guys for a Hundred Years	169	(14)
Jimmie Durham
Chosen People	183	(18)
Stuart Ewen
Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them	201	(36)
Ann Fienup-Riordan
Becoming Literate: A Lesson from the Amish	237	(14)
Andrea R. Fishman
McDonald's--We Do It All for You	251	(20)
Barbara Garson
Performative Excellence: Circum-Mediterranean	271	(26)
David Gilmore
Literate Traditions	297	(18)
Shirley Brice Heath
The Stolen Party	315	(8)
Liliana Heker
No Name Woman	323	(14)
Maxine Hong Kingston
Berlin Walls	337	(24)
Brian Ladd
The Vastness of the Dark	361	(24)
Alistair MacLeod
From Outside, In	385	(14)
Barbara Mellix
Marooned on Gilligan's Island: Are Women Morally Superior to Men?	399	(18)
Katha Pollitt
Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying	417	(12)
Adrienne Rich
Political and Cultural Cross-Dressing: Negotating a Second Generation Cuban-American Identity	429	(18)
Flavio Risech
Complexion	447	(22)
Richard Rodriguez
Grief and a Headhunter's Rage	469	(22)
Renato Rosaldo
Observing and Intervening	491	(24)
Steven Rose
Love and Sex in the Life of the Arab	515	(26)
Nawal el-Saadawi
Go Slowly and You Arrive	541	(26)
Carol de Saint Victor
The Men We Carry in Our Minds	567	(8)
Scott Russell Sanders
The Anthropological Looking Glass	575	(28)
Nancy Scheper-Hughes
Ethics on Wall Street	603	(16)
David P. Schmidt
On Reading a Video Text	619	(8)
Robert Scholes
Language and Masculinity	627	(20)
Victor Seidler
AIDS and Its Metaphors	647	(14)
Susan Sontag
The Language of Discretion	661	(12)
Amy Tan
Autobiographies and the History of Reading: The Meaning of Literacy in Individual Lives	673	(24)
Katherine Tinsley
Carl F. Kaestle
Everyday Use	697	(12)
Alice Walker
Values in an Age of Uncertainty	709	(18)
Jeffrey Weeks
Jazz, Hope, and Democracy	727	(22)
Cornel West
Wynton Marsalis
The Experience of Policy	749	(12)
Lynda Workman
Assignment Sequences	761	(20)
The Social Contexts of Literacy	762	(1)
``Becoming Literate: A Lesson from the Amish''
Andrea R. Fishman
``Literate Traditions''
Shirely Brice Heath
``On Reading a Video Text''
Robert Scholes
``The Anthropological Looking Glass''
Nancy Scheper-Hughes
Reading the Structure of Texts	763	(2)
``Incidents of Tourism in Chiapas & Yucatan''
James Clifford
``Performative Excellence: Circum-Mediterranean''
David Gilmore
``Love and Sex in the Life of the Arab''
Nawal el-Saadawi
Objects and Subjects in the Academy	765	(1)
``Observing and Intervening''
Steven Rose
``The Anthropological Looking Glass''
Nancy Scheper-Hughes
``Observations on Marxism and Lakota Tradition''
Frank Black Elk
``Language and Masculinity''
Victor Seidler
``From Outside, In''
Barbara Mellix
Ideas of Assimilation	766	(2)
``The Stolen Party''
Liliana Heker
``Everyday Use''
Alice Walker
``From Outside, In''
Barbara Mellix
``No Name Woman''
Maxine Hong Kingston
``Community, Commitment, and Individuality''
Robert Bellah
``Chosen People''
Stuart Ewen
``Becoming Literate: A Lesson from the Amish''
Andrea R. Fishman
Cultural Bridges and Boundaries	768	(1)
``From Outside, In''
Barbara Mellix
``Grief and a Headhunter's Rage''
Renato Rosaldo
``Political and Cultural Cross-Dressing: Negotiating a Second Generation Cuban-American Identity''
Flavio Risech
``Cybergrace: The Search for God in the Digital World''
Jennifer J. Cobb
Conserving Acts: Preserving Social Values	769	(2)
``Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them''
Ann Fienup-Riordan
``Becoming Literate: A Lesson from the Amish''
Andrea R. Fishman
``Community, Commitment, and Individuality''
Robert Bellah
``Down at the Cross''
James Baldwin
``Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying''
Adrienne Rich
Questions of Fairness	771	(1)
`` `Mary' ''
Maya Angelou
``The Stolen Party''
Liliana Heker
``Ethics on Wall Street''
David P. Schmidt
Power and Knowledge in Everday Life	772	(2)
``The Social Powr of Expert Healers''
Howard Brody
``McDonald's---We Do It All for You''
Barbara Garson
``No Name Woman''
Maxine Hong Kingston
``The Stolen Party''
Liliana Heker
Family in Context	774	(1)
``The Vastness of the Dark''
Alistair MacLeod
``Women and Honor: Some NOtes on Lying''
Adrienne Rich
``Political and Cultural Cross-Dressing: Negotiating a Second Generation Cuban-American Identity''
Flavio Risech
``No Name Woman''
Maxine Hong Kingston
Minds and Matter: Thinking about Things	775	(1)
``Observing and Intervening''
Steven Rose
``Chosen People''
Stuart Ewen
``Observations on Marxism and Lakota Tradition''
Frank Black Elk
``Cybergrace: The Search for God in the digital World''
Jennifer J. Cobb
``Ethics on Wall Street''
David P. Schmidt
The Meanings of Work	776	(1)
``The Ignored Lesson of Anne Frank''
Bruno Bettelheim
``The Social Power of Expert Healers''
Howard Brody
``Chosen People''
Stuart Ewen
``Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them''
Ann Fienup-Riordan
``McDonald's--We Do It All For You''
Barbara Garson
``The Experience of Policy''
Lynda Workman
Thinking Critically about History: Using the Past in the Present	777	(2)
``The Ignored Lesson of Anne Frank''
Bruno Bettelheim
``Those Dead Guys for a Hundred Years''
Jimmie Durham
``Berlin Walls
Brian Ladd
``Everyday Use''
Alice Walker
``Jazz, Hope, and Democracy''
Cornel West
Wynton Marsalis
Crediting Sources and Clearing Spaces	779	(2)
``Autobiographies and the History of Reading: The Meaning of Literacy in Individual Lives''
Katherine Tinsley
Carl F. Kaestle
``The Experience of Policy''
Lynda Workman
``Performative Excellence: Circum-Mediterranean''
David Gilmore
``Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them''
Anne Fienup-Riordan
Documenting Sources Using MLA and APA Style	781	(14)
Biographical Sketches	795	(14)
Acknowledgments	809