Writing in Depth

Preface.


Reading, Researching, and Writing.
BUILDING IDENTITIES (IMAGES).

1. What We Remember, What We Forget: Looking at Our Childhoods.


Visual: Photograph from The Spirit of Family.



Personal Writing: Judith Viorst, "He Took Care of His Family."



Personal Writing: Edwidge Danticat, "Westbury Court."



Professional Writing, Geoffrey Canada, "Pain."



Academic Writing: Uric Neisser, "Self-Narratives: True and False."

2. Who We Are: Negotiating Difference.


Visual: Susan Straight, "Family."



Personal Writing: Susan Straight, "One Heart, Different Hands."



Personal Writing: Naomi Shihab Nye, "Linked."



Professional Writing: Mary Pipher, "Teenagers: Mohammed Meets Madonna."



Academic Writing: Leo R. Chavez, "Go Back Where You Came From."

3. How We See Ourselves: Body Images.


Visual: Chris Rainier, "The Tribe."



Personal Writing: Kelly McCarthy, "Too Pumped."



Professional Writing: Brad Lemley, "Isn't She Beautiful?"

EVERYDAY LIFE (IMAGES).

4. Super-Size It: Fast Food and American Life.


Visual: "McDonald's Corporate Social Responsibility," Web page.



Personal Writing: Alice Waters, "Happy Meals."



Personal Writing: Jacques Coulardeau, "A Good but Biased Beginning."



Professional Writing: Eric Schlosser, "The Bitter Truth About Fast Food."



Academic Writing: Robin Leidner, "McDonalds: Subservience and Skill."

5. No Time for a Break: Where We Work, Why We Work.


Visual: National Association of Women in Construction, Illustration from Homepage.



Personal Writing: Paul W. Schenk, "Tools for Life."



Professional Writing: Michael Kamber, "Toil and Temptation."



Professional Writing: Barbara Ehrenreich, "Evaluation."



Academic Writing: Richard Florida, "The Rise of the Creative Class."

6. Sweet Dreams Are (Not) Made of This: Who Needs Sleep?


Visual: "Representing Sleep Research Visually."



Personal Writing: Stacey Delicat, "Spotlight On: Sleep Deprivation."



Professional Writing: Douglas Martin, "Rising, Not Shining."



Academic Writing: Stanley J. Coren, "The Clocks Within Us."

CONTEMPORARY CULTURES (IMAGES).

7. Roots and Reach: Hip Hop in Contemporary Culture.


Visual: Album Cover and CD Illustration, 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.



Personal Writing: Danyel Smith, "Tupac Shakur."



Professional Writing: "The Cross."



Academic Writing: Bakari Kitwana, "The New Black Youth Culture: The Emergence of the Hip-Hop Generation."

8. Families We Choose.


Visual: "The Family Farm Ltd.."



Personal Writing: Jesse Green, "Orbiting the Son."



Professional Writing: Evan Eisenberg, "The Adoption Paradox."



Academic Writing: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, "The Appeal of Babies."

9. Animal Planet: Pets and Animal Intelligence.


Visual: Eadweard Muybridge, "Horse in Motion."



Personal Writing: Kristin von Kreisler, "Courage."



Professional Writing, Stephen Budiansky, "The Character of Cats."



Academic Writing, Eugene Linden, "The Parrot's Lament."

10. Visuals, Violence, and Values.


Visual: PowerPuff Girls Poster.



Personal Writing: Adele Horin, "Wham! Pow! Cartoon Violence and the Kids."



Professional Writing: Gina Kolata, "A Study Finds More Links Between TV and Violence."



Academic Writing, "National Television Violence Study: Executive Summary."

Student Essays.


Bridget Schulz, "Grandmother's America."



Adele Amoroso, "Nick Then, Nick Now."