In Context: Participating in Cultural Conversations

In Context is a new thematically-organized reader, with readings that emphasize compelling, distinctive cultural issues and topics. KEY TOPICS In Context has four broad thematic units: Searching for Authenticity, Establishing a Sense of Place, Participating in Civic Conversations, and Adapting to the Changing Economy. Each theme concludes with a case study that asks students to examine a single controversial event by evaluating surrounding documents (newspaper reports, legal briefs, as well as essays). Readers are then prompted to create their own synthesis and perspective. What sets In Context apart from other readers is (1) the extent of its writing coverage / its emphasis on writing and rhetorical issues, and (2) the fact that it goes beyond critiquing culture, to focus on how societies and individuals use writing and reading to do work, to achieve results. In Context offers an engaging collection of readings that are provocative, fresh, and present various genres, with selections from bell hooks, Nell Berstein, Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, Barry Lopez, Richard Rodriguez, Patricia J. Williams, and Ray Suarez. Market: For those interested in cultural issues, and developing the writing and reading skills necessary for academic or professional discourse on such matters.

In Context is a new thematically-organized reader, with readings that emphasize compelling, distinctive cultural issues and topics. In Context has four broad thematic units: Searching for Authenticity, Establishing a Sense of Place, Participating in Civic Conversations, and Adapting to the Changing Economy. Each theme concludes with a case study that asks students to examine a single controversial event by evaluating surrounding documents (newspaper reports, legal briefs, as well as essays). Readers are then prompted to create their own synthesis and perspective. What sets In Context apart from other readers is (1) the extent of its writing coverage / its emphasis on writing and rhetorical issues, and (2) the fact that it goes beyond critiquing culture, to focus on how societies and individuals use writing and reading to do work, to achieve results. In Context offers an engaging collection of readings that are provocative, fresh, and present various genres, with selections from bell hooks, Nell Berstein, Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, Barry Lopez, Richard Rodriguez, Patricia J. Williams, and Ray Suarez. Market: For those interested in cultural issues, and developing the writing and reading skills necessary for academic or professional discourse on such matters.