One World, Many Cultures
by Stuart Hirschberg, Terry Hirschberg
10th Edition
Publisher: Pearson
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780134425726 |
| eText ISBN | 9780134432298 |
| Publisher | Pearson |
| Publishing Year | 2018 |
| Edition | 10th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 416 |
One World, Many Cultures, 10th Edition, is a global multicultural reader designed for freshman English composition courses. The volume supports college curricula that emphasize cultural studies and argumentation.
The anthology explores cultural differences and displacement in relation to race, class, gender, region, and nation. Selections represent authors from 24 countries across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, helping students compare international experiences with domestic contexts.
The collection includes follow-up questions after each selection, giving students structured practice in evaluating diverse cultural perspectives.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: 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
Chapter 2: 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
Chapter 3: 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
Chapter 4: 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
Chapter 5: 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
Chapter 6: 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
Chapter 7: 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
Chapter 8: 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
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