The World is a Text: Writing about Visual and Popular Culture, by Jonathan Silverman & Dean Rader
When the first edition of The World Is A Text appeared in 2001, it was considered radical. One of the very first readers to consider gender, race, and public spaces as constructed texts to be read and decoded, The World Is A Text continues to be an important resource for information on how to "read" complicated texts.
Now in its Fifth Edition, 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. Just as important, the book teaches students the usefulness of actively reading their surroundings.
The new compact Fifth Edition includes new chapters on reading fashion, sports, and the environment and features updated material on reading race and ethnicity, gender, and public spaces.
Now in its Fifth Edition, 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. Just as important, the book teaches students the usefulness of actively reading their surroundings.
The new compact Fifth Edition includes new chapters on reading fashion, sports, and the environment and features updated material on reading race and ethnicity, gender, and public spaces.
