Preface | |
Reading, Researching, and Writing | |
Building Identities (Images) | |
What We Remember, What We Forget: Looking at Our Childhoods | |
Visual: Photograph from The Spirit of Family | |
Personal Writing: Judith Viorst, He Took Care of His Family | |
Personal Writing: Edwidge Danticat, Westbury Court | |
Professional Writing, Geoffrey Canada, Pain | |
Academic Writing: Uric Neisser, Self-Narratives: True and False | |
Who We Are: Negotiating Difference | |
Visual: Susan Straight, Family | |
Personal Writing: Susan Straight, One Heart, Different Hands | |
Personal Writing: Naomi Shihab Nye, Linked | |
Professional Writing: Mary Pipher, Teenagers: Mohammed Meets Madonna | |
Academic Writing: Leo R. Chavez, Go Back Where You Came From | |
How We See Ourselves: Body Images | |
Visual: Chris Rainier, The Tribe | |
Personal Writing: Kelly McCarthy, Too Pumped | |
Professional Writing: Brad Lemley, Isn't She Beautiful? Everyday life (Images) | |
Super-Size It: Fast Food and American Life | |
Visual: McDonald's Corporate Social Responsibility, Web page | |
Personal Writing: Alice Waters, Happy Meals | |
Personal Writing: Jacques Coulardeau, A Good but Biased Beginning | |
Professional Writing: Eric Schlosser, The Bitter Truth About Fast Food | |
Academic Writing: Robin Leidner, McDonalds: Subservience and Skill | |
No Time for a Break: Where We Work, Why We Work | |
Visual: National Association of Women in Construction, Illustration from Homepage | |
Personal Writing: Paul W. Schenk, Tools for Life | |
Professional Writing: Michael Kamber, Toil and Temptation | |
Professional Writing: Barbara Ehrenreich, Evaluation | |
Academic Writing: Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class | |
Sweet Dreams Are (Not) Made of This: Who Needs Sleep? Visual: Representing Sleep Research Visually | |
Personal Writing: Stacey Delicat, Spotlight On: Sleep Deprivation | |
Professional Writing: Douglas Martin, Rising, Not Shining | |
Academic Writing: Stanley J. Coren, The Clocks Within Us. Contemporary Cultures (Images) | |
Roots and Reach: Hip Hop in Contemporary Culture | |
Visual: Album Cover and CD Illustration, 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Personal Writing | |
Professional Writing: The Cross | |
Academic Writing: Bakari Kitwana, The New Black Youth Culture: The Emergence of the Hip-Hop Generation | |
Families We Choose | |
Visual: The Family Farm Ltd.. Personal Writing: Jesse Green, Orbiting the Son | |
Professional Writing: Evan Eisenberg, The Adoption Paradox | |
Academic Writing: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, The Appeal of Babies | |
Animal Planet: Pets and Animal Intelligence | |
Visual: Eadweard Muybridge, Horse in Motion | |
Personal Writing: Kristin von Kreisler, Courage | |
Professional Writing, Stephen Budiansky, The Character of Cats | |
Academic Writing, Eugene Linden, The Parrot's Lament | |
Visuals, Violence, and Values | |
Visual: PowerPuff Girls Poster | |
Personal Writing: Adele Horin, Wham! Pow! Cartoon Violence and the Kids | |
Professional Writing: Gina Kolata, A Study Finds More Links Between TV and Violence | |
Academic Writing, National Television Violence Study: Executive Summary. Student Essays | |
Grandmother's America | |
Nick Then, Nick Now | |
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