One World, Many Cultures

by Hirschberg, Stuart; Hirschberg, Terry

• ISBN13: 9780205318414
• ISBN10: 020531841X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This truly global multicultural reader features almost 60 contemporary selections by internationally acclaimed authors from 22 countries. These compelling readings explore cultural differences in relation to race, class, gender, and nationality, challenging readers to compare their experiences with those of others in radically different cultural circumstances. Introduces readers to the culture and people of other countries through the eyes of someone from that culture. Family life, adolescent relationships, gender roles, work and the environment, race and class conflicts, social and political issues, " the other, " and customs, rituals, and values from the perspectives of authors from 22 countries. " " General interest in global issues / other cultures.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Introduction	1	(5)
A Sample Essay for Student Annotation	6	(10)
The Family in Different Cultures	16	(75)
``Grandmother's Sunday Dinner''	18	(4)
Patricia Hampl
``Antidisestablishmentarianism''	22	(8)
Gayle Pemberton
``Remembering Lobo''	30	(4)
Pat Mora
``A Princess Remembers''	34	(13)
Gayatri Devi
Santha Rama Rau
``Arranging a Marriage in India''	47	(10)
Serena Nanda
``The Little Emperors''	57	(12)
Daniela Deane
``Reunion'' [Short Story]	69	(4)
John Cheever
``Moonlit Nights of Laughter''	73	(6)
Fatima Mernissi
``A Family Super'' [Short Story]	79	(12)
Kazuo Ishiguro
Connecting Cultures	89	(2)
Coming of Age	91	(58)
``The Letter `A'''	93	(7)
Christy Brown
``You're Short, Besides!''	100	(8)
Sucheng Chan
``Initiated into an Iban Tribe of Headhunters''	108	(6)
Douchan Gersi
``The Initiation of a Maasai Warrior''	114	(11)
Tepilit Ole Saitoti
``Against the Pleasure Principle'' [Short Story]	125	(7)
Saida Hagi-Dirie Herzi
``After Long Silence''	132	(8)
Helen Fremont
``The Miller's Tale'' [Short Story]	140	(9)
Jerzy Kosinski
Connecting Cultures	147	(2)
How Culture Shapes Gender Roles	149	(75)
``The Flesh and the Devil''	151	(8)
Kim Chernin
``The Myth of the Latin Woman''	159	(6)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
``Visualizing the Disabled Body''	165	(9)
Lennard J. Davis
``Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir''	174	(5)
Paul Monette
``Memories of a !Kung Girlhood''	179	(12)
Marjorie Shostak
``Amina'' [Short Story]	191	(4)
Shirley Saad
``Polite Lies''	195	(7)
Kyoko Mori
``Giribala'' [Short Story]	202	(22)
Mahasweta Devi
Connecting Cultures	222	(2)
How Work Creates Identity	224	(62)
``Confessions of a Fast Woman''	226	(6)
Lesley Hazleton
``In the Mirror'' [Short Story]	232	(9)
Kon Krailet
``Rain of Gold''	241	(9)
Victor Villasenor
``Why I Quit the Company''	250	(4)
Tomoyuki Iwashita
``A Yen for Cleaning''	254	(8)
Louise Rafkin
``A Dirty Job''	262	(6)
Jackie Chan
``Misguided `Guide'''	268	(11)
R. K. Narayan
``A Canary's Ideas'' [Short Story]	279	(7)
Machado de Assis
Connecting Cultures	285	(1)
Class and Caste	286	(57)
``What Is Poverty?''	288	(5)
Jo Goodwin Parker
``The Button'' [Short Story]	293	(7)
Mahdokht Kashkuli
``The Lords of Creation''	300	(17)
Alonso Salazar
``Civilize Them with a Stick''	317	(8)
Mary Crow Dog
Richard Erdoes
``Pariah''	325	(6)
Viramma
``Life on the Street''	331	(5)
Lee Stringer
``The Stolen Party'' [Short Story]	336	(7)
Liliana Heker
Connecting Cultures	342	(1)
The Individual in Society	343	(53)
``The Son of Man''	345	(4)
Natalia Ginzburg
``The Wedgwood Tea Set'' [Short Story]	349	(6)
Milorad Pavic
``Decolonising the Mind''	355	(9)
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
``At the Center of the Storm''	364	(14)
Rae Yang
``Daisy''	378	(6)
Luis Sepulveda
``Fifteen Lashes''	384	(5)
Anwar Iqbal
``Gregory'' [Short Story]	389	(7)
Panos Ioannides
Connecting Cultures	395	(1)
Strangers in a Strange Land	396	(68)
``Ethnicity and Identity: Creating a Sense of Self''	398	(8)
Claire S. Chow
``Border Story''	406	(14)
Luis Alberto Urrea
``Cervicide'' [Short Story]	420	(3)
Gloria Anzaldua
``Confucius and the VCR''	423	(6)
Jesse W. Nash
``Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk''	429	(5)
Palden Gyatso
``Too Many Bananas''	434	(8)
David R. Counts
``The Country of the Blind'' [Short Story]	442	(22)
H. G. Wells
Connecting Cultures	463	(1)
Customs, Rituals, and Sports	464	(57)
``The Culture of Killing''	466	(9)
Guanlong Cao
``On Bad Teeth''	475	(8)
Slavenka Drakulic
``Looking for a Rain God'' [Short Story]	483	(5)
Bessie Head
``The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead''	488	(9)
Gino Del Guercio
``Cairo Is a Small City'' [Short Story]	497	(7)
Nabil Gorgy
``Fiesta''	504	(6)
Octavio Paz
``Uno...Dos...Tres Urrrrnggghhh!''	510	(11)
Tad Friend
Connecting Cultures	520	(1)
Rhetorical Index	521	(4)
Geographical Index	525	(2)
Acknowledgments	527	(6)
Pronunciation Key	533	(2)
Index of Authors and Titles	535