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For courses in English Composition.
This truly global multicultural reader highlights contemporary selections by internationally acclaimed authors
The Tenth Edition of One World, Many Cultures is a global, contemporary reader whose international and multicultural selections offer a new direction for freshman composition courses. In eight thematic chapters consisting of readings by internationally recognized writers from 24 countries, the text explores cultural differences and displacement in relation to race, class, gender, region, and nation.
One World, Many Cultures also reflects the emphasis on cultural studies and argumentation that has become an integral part of many college programs. Featuring compelling and provocative writings by authors from the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, the text's 52 nonfiction selections--including essays and autobiographies, one short story, and the questions that follow each selection--encourage readers to perceive the relationship between a wide range of experiences in different cultures and the corresponding experiences of writers within the United States.
The Tenth Edition continues to provide a rich sampling of accounts by authentic voices, with 18 new readings and an all-new chapter on the forces that shape gender roles and the experiences of those who have overcome cultural barriers.
Contents
Rhetorical Contents
Preface
Introduction
Family and Friends
Fred Pearce, "TV as Birth Control," India/Mexico/Brazil
Joe Bageant, "Valley of the Gun," United States
Meeta Kaur, "Journey by Inner Light," India/United States
Neal Gabler, "The Social Networks," United States
Gary Shteyngart, "Sixty-Nine Cents," Russia/United States
Dr. Rose Ihedigbo, "Sandals in the Snow," Nigeria/United States
Connecting Cultures
Life Experiences
Sucheng Chan, "You're Short, Besides!" China/United States
Enid Schildkrout, "Body Art as Visual Language," United States
Anwar F. Accawi, "The Telephone," Lebanon
Reyna Grande, "The Distance between Us," Mexico
Connecting Cultures
Love and Marriage
Anchee Min, "The Cooked Seed," China/United States
Loung Ung, "Double Happiness," Cambodia/United States
Firoozeh Dumas, "The Wedding," Iran/United States
Shoba Narayan, "Monsoon Wedding," India
Connecting Cultures
Working Lives
Helena Norberg-Hodge, "Learning from Ladakh," India
José Antonio Burciaga, "My Ecumenical Father," Mexico
Chitra Divakaruni, "Live Free and Starve," India
Julia Cooke, "Amigos," Cuba
Joshua Hammer, "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu," Mali
Peter Hessler, "The Restaurant Owner," China
Connecting Cultures
Class
Judith Ortiz Cofer, "The Myth of the Latin Woman," Puerto Rico/United States
Immaculée Ilibagiza, "Left to Tell," Rwanda
Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes, "Civilize Them with a Stick," Lakota
Jo Goodwin Parker, "What Is Poverty?" United States
Gordon Parks, "Flavio's Home," Brazil
Oksana Marafioti, "The Curbs of Beverly Hills," Russia/United States
Don Kulick and Thaïs Machado-Borges, "Leaky," Brazil
Connecting Cultures
Strangers in a Strange Land
Amparo B. Ojeda, "Growing Up American: Doing the Right Thing," Philippines/United States
André Aciman, "Out of Egypt," Egypt
Gustavo Perez Firmat, "This Must Be the Place," Cuba/United States
Stephen Chapman, "The Prisoner's Dilemma," Pakistan
Piers Hernu, "Norway's Ideal Prison," Norway
Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel, "Individualism as an American Cultural Value," Thailand/United States
Elizabeth W. and Robert A. Fernea, "A Look Behind the Veil," Saudi Arabia
Connecting Cultures
Food for Thought
Marcus Samuelsson, "Helga," Sweden
David R. Counts, "Too Many Bananas," New Guinea
Aleksandar Hemon, "Family Dining," Bosnia
Ethel G. Hofman, "An Island Passover," Scotland
Andrew X. Pham, "Foreign-Asians," Vietnam
Frederick Douglass, "My Bondage and My Freedom," United States
Joseph K. Skinner, "Big Mac and the Tropical Forests," Costa Rica
Connecting Cultures
Customs
Harold Miner, "Body Ritual among the Nacirema," United States
Philip Slater, "Want-Creation Fuels Americans' Addictiveness," United States
Valerie Steele and John S. Major, "China Chic: East Meets West," China
Eugene Linden, "Shamans, Healers and Experiences I Can't Explain," Republic of the Congo
Kao Kalia Yang, "Walking Back Alone," Laos/United States
Gino Del Guercio, "The Secrets of Voodoo in Haiti," Haiti
Connecting Cultures
Pronunciation Key Credits Geographical Index Index of Authors and Titles
