The World is a Text: Writing, Reading, and Thinking About Visual and Popular Culture - Couverture souple

Silverman, Jonathan; Rader, Dean

 
9780136033455: The World is a Text: Writing, Reading, and Thinking About Visual and Popular Culture
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0136033458 ISBN 13 : 9780136033455
Editeur : Pearson, 2008

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. KEY TOPICS: 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.  MARKET: For anyone who enjoys provocative and engaging material, and is interested in developing an appreciation for diverse cultural literary works.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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. KEY TOPICS: 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.  MARKET: For anyone who enjoys provocative and engaging material, and is interested in developing an appreciation for diverse cultural literary works.

Revue de presse

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

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Éditeur
Pearson
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0136033458
ISBN 13 
9780136033455
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
3
Nombre de pages
768
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Riccardo Bacigalupo
riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it

Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �
Milano
20135
Italie

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9780205661855: World Is a Text: Writing, Reading and Thinking About Visual and Popular Culture + Literature: a Prentice Hall Pocket Reader

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0205661858 ISBN 13 :  9780205661855
Editeur : Longman Publishing Group, 2008
Couverture souple