Popular Culture: A Broadview Topics Reader
- ISBN-10
- 1554814901
- ISBN-13
- 9781554814909
- Series
- Popular Culture
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-11-28
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Authors
- Don LePan, Nora Ruddock, Laura Buzzard
Description
Popular Culture: A Broadview Topics Reader is an accessible collection of non-fiction writing for composition students and students of popular culture. The anthology takes an expansive view of its subject, encompassing advertising, code-switching, social media, emerging technologies, the body positivity movement, cultural appropriation, and more. A wide variety of genres are represented, from personal and literary essays to journalism and academic writing. Selections are arranged by theme; the book also includes an alternative table of contents listing material by genre and rhetorical style, as well as suggested pairings of pieces that complement each other. Headnotes, explanatory notes, and discussion questions facilitate student engagement with each piece. A selection of color images features advertisements, journalistic photography, and other materials that aim to prompt classroom discussion.
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