Mirror on America
Mirror on America

Author: Joan T. Mims

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Published: 2011-12-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780312667658

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Mirror on America meets students where they are right now. Whether they have lived in America all their lives or have only just arrived, they can consider themselves experts in pop culture. After all, they participate in it every day. Brief, current essays and images on topics like hip-hop, our online lives, and, of course, vampires and zombies spark discussion and critical thinking. And because critical thinking should lead to solid writing, the book’s editorial apparatus gives students clear instruction and support for every step of the reading and writing process. Always engaging and always accessible, Mirror on America reflects the interests of students and the instructors who want them to become confident writers. Read the preface.

Mirror on America
Mirror on America

Author: Joan T. Mims

Publisher: Bedford/st Martins

Published: 2005-12-01

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 9780312436582

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Students come to college already equipped with plenty of knowledge about popular culture and are more than ready to talk about the topics that interest them. Mirror on America: Short Essays and Images from Popular Culture draws on that knowledge and interest and gives students the context they need to understand the culture around them. Composed primarily of short, high-interest essays and rich visual images, the text's thematic chapters present material that students will already be familiar with, but in new and provocative ways. Abundant apparatus guides their responses and helps them think and write critically about American popular culture.

Mirror on America
Mirror on America

Author: Joan T. Mims

Publisher: Bedford Books

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780312404857

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Students come to college already equipped with plenty of knowledge about popular culture and are more than ready to talk about the topics that interest them. Mirror on America: Short Essays and Images from Popular Culture taps into that knowledge and interest, and gives students the context they need to understand the culture around them. Composed primarily of short, high-interest essays and intriguing visual images, the text's eight thematic chapters present material that will already be familiar to students in new and provocative ways. The text guides their responses to the material with abundant apparatus that helps them think and write critically about the popular culture surrounding them.

In the Looking Glass
In the Looking Glass

Author: Rebecca K. Shrum

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2017-08-30

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 142142312X

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The evolving technology of the looking glass -- First glimpses : mirrors in seventeenth-century New England -- Looking glass ownership in early America -- Reliable mirrors and troubling visions : nineteenth-century white -- Understandings of sight -- Fashioning whiteness -- Mirrors in black and red -- Epilogue