Globalization
A Reader for Writers
by Maria Jerskey
1st Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780199947522 |
| eText ISBN | 9780199390366 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publishing Year | 2013 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 544 |
Globalization: A Reader for Writers, 1st Edition, gathers diverse selections designed for college writing courses. The reader helps students develop the rhetorical knowledge and compositional skills needed to enter academic discussions about worldwide interconnectedness.
The volume approaches its subject through varied thematic areas, including identity and place, languages in contact, and the dynamics of earning and spending. Instead of adopting a standard "West and the Rest" framework, the readings feature personal and local perspectives that connect to a wider global audience.
By examining viewpoints from artists, journalists, scholars, and activists, the collection prompts learners to explore what global transformation means for daily life and the world's collective future.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Being and Becoming Global
- • Tyler Olsen, "In Zarafshan." The Morning News
- • Marcelo Gleiser. "Globalization: Two Visions of the Future of Humanity." National Public Radio
- • Kwame Anthony Appiah, "The Shattered Mirror." Excerpt from Cosmpolitanism
- • Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, "A Mickey Mouse Approach to Globalization." Yale Global Online
- • Tanveer Ali, "The Subway Falafel Sandwich and the Americanization of Ethnic Food." Good
Chapter 2: Identity and Place
- • Pico Iyer, "Lonely Places." Excerpt from Falling Off the Map
- • Justin Nobel, "The Last Inuit of Quebec." The Smart Set
- • Humera Afridi, "A Gentle Madness." Granta
- • Julian Hill, "In Search of Black Identity in Uganda." Glimpse
- • Julia Whitty, "All the Disappearing Islands." Mother Jones
Chapter 3: Body, Mind, and Spirit
- • Ann Fadiman, "Birth" Excerpt from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
- • Latif Nasser, "Do Some Cultures Have Their Own Ways of Going Mad?" Boston Globe
- • Andrew Guest, "Pursuing the Science of Happiness." Oregon Humanities
- • Peter Manseau, "Plasticize Me." Guernica
- • Elizabeth Dwoskin, "Why Americans Won't Do Dirty Jobs." Bloomberg Businessweek
- • Stefany Anne Golberg, "You Can Take It with You." The Smart Set
Chapter 4: Languages in Contact
- • Lera Boroditsky. "How Does Our Language Shape the Way We Think?" Edge
- • Stephen Pax Leonard, "Death by Monoculture." University of Cambridge: Research
- • James Angelos, "Passing the Test." World Policy Journal
- • Reshma Krishnamurthy Sharma, "The New Language Landscape." The Hindu
- • Pallavi Polanki, "Operation Mind Your Language." Open
- • Julie Traves, "The Church of Please and Thank You." This Magazine
Chapter 5: Communication and Technology
- • Ethan Zuckerman, "A Small World After All?" The Wilson Quarterly
- • Frank Bures, "Can You Hear Us Now?" World Ark
- • Natana J. DeLong-Bas, "The New Social Media and the Arab Spring." Oxford Islamic Studies Online
- • Teju Cole, "The White Savior Industrial Complex." The Atlantic
- • Rudabeh Pakravan, "Territory Jam." Places
- • Rob Horning, "The Accidental Bricoleurs." n+1
Chapter 6: Earning and Spending
- • "The New Grand Tour." The Economist
- • Charles Kenny, "Haiti Doesn't Need Your Old T-Shirt." Foreign Policy
- • Tate Watkins, "How Oliberté, the Anti-TOMS, Makes Shoes and Jobs in Africa." Good
- • Avantika Bhuyan, "The Enchanted Bylanes." Open
- • Simon Akam, "The Long and Winding Road." More Intelligent Life
- • Maureen Orth, "The Luxury Frontier." Wall Street Journal
Chapter 7: Gender Matters
- • Christina Larsen, "The Startling Plight of China's Leftover Ladies." Foreign Policy
- • Doug Clark, "Crimson Leopard-Print Headscarves: Wearing the Veil in Banda Aceh, Indonesia." Glimpse
- • Leila Ahmed, "Reinventing the Veil." Financial Times
- • Oliver Broudy, "Body-Building in Afghanistan." Men's Health
- • Mark Levine, "Killing Emos, and the Future, in Iraq." Al Jazeera
- • Chloé Lewis, "The Invisible Migrant Man: Questioning Gender Privileges." openDemocracy
Chapter 8: Pop Culture
- • Roozbeh Shirazi, "Beyond Mullahs and Persian Party People: The Invisibility of Being Iranian on TV." Jadaliyya
- • Blake Gopnik, "Revolution in a Can." Foreign Policy
- • Sarah Lacy, "You Think Hollywood Is Rough? Welcome to the Chaos, Excitement and Danger of Nollywood." TechCrunch
- • Jackson Allers, "Voice of the Streets: The Birth of a Hip-Hop Movement." World Hip Hop Market
- • Charukesi Ramadurai, "Fading Lights in Mumbai." More Intelligent Life
- • Jeff Chang, "So You Think They Can Break-Dance?" Salon
Chapter 9: Change and Transformation
- • Martin Walker, "The World's New Numbers." The Wilson Quarterly
- • Damon Tabor, "If It's Tuesday, It Must Be the Taliban." Outside
- • Petina Gappah, "Zimbabwe." Guernica
- • Paul Salopek, "The Last Famine." Foreign Policy
- • Francis Kuria, "It's Time for the Turkana to Leave Their Wastelands And Settle Down." Daily Nation
- • Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, "More Than 1 Billion People Are Hungry in the World." Foreign Policy
Chapter Appendix: Researching and Writing About Globalization
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