The World Is a Text: Writing, Reading, and Thinking about Visual and Popular Culture

Silverman, Rader,

ISBN 10: 0136033458 / ISBN 13: 9780136033455

Published by Pearson, USA, 2009

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text appears to have markings. Cover has curl, corner bumps, shelf and edge wear to cover, bookstore stickers on spine and back cover, 730 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 9. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; English/Reading; ISBN: 0136033458. ISBN/EAN: 9780136033455. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561043719.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World Is a Text: Writing, Reading, and Thinking about Visual and Popular Culture
• Publisher: Pearson, USA
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0136033458
• ISBN 13: 9780136033455
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: Third Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature & Literary

About this title

Synopsis

The book teaches readers the usefulness of learning to actively "read" their surroundings. The new edition features a greatly expanded section on writing, editing, and making arguments.  This cultural studies reader directly engages the process of reading and writing about the “texts” one sees in everyday life. Using the lenses of rhetoric, semiotics and cultural studies, students are encouraged to become effective academic writers while gaining deeper insights into such popular culture categories as movies, technology, race, ethnicity, television, media, relationships, public space, and more.  For anyone who enjoys provocative and engaging material, and is interested in developing an appreciation for diverse cultural literary works.

Review

A cultural studies reader that directly engages the process of reading and writing about the "texts" one sees in public life.