Patterns Across Cultures - Softcover

Hirschberg, Stuart; Hirschberg, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618866809 ISBN 13: 9780618866809

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Patterns Across Cultures is a rhetorically-organized reader driven by the principle that as the world gets smaller, students should be exposed to a wide variety of cultural perspectives--both from within the United States and from other countries. Many of the reading selections in the text are by writers who have never been anthologized, providing an invigorating alternative to traditional readers. Post-reading features for each selection, including questions on author's "Meaning," "Technique," and "Language," help students examine how the selection utilizes both the primary mode and other modes as well; calls out key vocabulary terms; highlights thematic connections between selections; and provides prompts for both personal and critical writing. To assist those instructors who prefer a thematic framework for discussing the selections, a thematic Table of Contents and Thematic Links questions connecting each essay with one or more others on similar themes will provide inspiration for theme-based discussions and writing assignments.

About this title

About the Authors

Stuart Hirschberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engish at Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, Newark. He has written scholarly works on Yeats and on Ted Hughes, and with co-author Terry Hirschberg, has authored eleven college textbooks. His research interests include cross-cultural and multicultural studies, visual rhetoric, and popular culture.

Terry Hirschberg has written eleven college textbooks with Stuart Hirschberg in the field of rhetoric and composition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618866809
• ISBN 13: 9780618866809
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 824