One World, Many Cultures

For courses in English Composition.   This truly global multicultural reader highlights contemporary selections by internationally acclaimed authors   The 10th 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 recognised 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 10th 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.

Table of 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

About the Author :
Stuart Hirschberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, Newark. He has written scholarly works on Yeats and on Ted Hughes, and with co-author Terry Hirschberg, has authored eleven college textbooks. His research interests include cross-cultural and multicultural studies, visual rhetoric, and popular culture. Terry Hirschberg has written eleven college textbooks with Stuart Hirschberg in the field of rhetoric and composition.