Summary

Acclaimed for its compelling readings and provocative images, Reading Culture provides students with outstanding instruction on how to read and write critically about the culture that surrounds them. Written by two highly respected composition theorists, Reading Culture asks students to examine how culture organizes social experiences and shapes our identities. From analyzing texts and historical documents to conducting fieldwork and mini-ethnographies, students are invited actively investigate culture using cultural studies methods. The first cultural studies reader to also address visual literacy, Reading Culture features a striking four-color format and includes more than 100 images of posters, advertisements, photos, and art to accompany and illustrate the readings or as Visual Essays and Visual Culture segments that stand on their own. Always up-to-date, this edition represents a significant revision with new readings, features, and visual images to help students gain the necessary critical thinking skills to observe and analyze a broad range of cultural phenomena.