Common Culture: Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture

This composition reader offers accessible and thought-provoking readings on a full range of topics in the field of popular culture. Following a general introduction that discusses and illustrates approaches to reading and writing about popular culture, chapters focus on advertising, television, journalism, sports, movies, leisure, and the Future of Popular Culture.
Combined with the readings are clear and informative discussions of issues of current interest in popular culture, comprehensive instruction on thinking critically and writing persuasively about these issues, and carefully constructed questions and writing assignments.