One World, Many Cultures (7th Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Stuart Hirschberg, Terry Hirschberg
Publisher: Longman
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 371472
Media: Paperback
Edition: 7
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 0205605451
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.0427
EAN: 9780205605453
ASIN: 0205605451
Publication Date: July 13, 2008
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This truly global multicultural reader features almost 60 contemporary selections by internationally acclaimed authors from 22 countries. These compelling readings explore cultural differences in relation to race, class, gender, and nationality, challenging readers to compare their experiences with those of others in radically different cultural circumstances. Introduces readers to the culture and people of other countries through the eyes of someone from that culture. Family life, adolescent relationships, gender roles, work and the environment, race and class conflicts, social and political issues, “the other,” and customs, rituals, and values ? from the perspectives of authors from 22 countries. General interest in global issues / other cultures.
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 I got a preview copy. September 20, 2005
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
I did not know I was ordering a preview copy, which are not supposed to be resold.
 Diverse and Thought-Provoking Anthology May 4, 2000
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This grab-bag of writings from around the world includes Kate Wilhelm's short story "The Village," which dramatizes the Vietnam War in an unusual way; Octavio Paz's analysis of "The Day of the Dead" in Mexico; and Samir Al-Khalil's account of how Saddam Hussein uses fear to control the people of Iraq. Truly multicultural, this collection has a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction from around the world. Themes include The Family in Different Cultures, Turning Points, How Culture Shapes Gender Roles, How Work Creates Identity, Class Conflicts, The State and the Individual, Strangers in a Strange Land, The Role Customs Play in Different Cultures, and The Impact of War. Authors include George Orwell, Joan Didion, Amy Tan, Danny Santiago, and Jamaica Kincaid. Great for a high school or college reading or writing class.
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