Composition   Acting Out Culture First Edition ©  2008 James S. Miller Overview Features Table of Contents About the Author(s) Package Options Media & Supplements Buy This Book Companion Web Site Exam & Desk Copies Students are bombarded every day with media messages laden with rules: how true patriots should act, how healthy people eat, what real women should look like. Acting Out Culture is the first thematic composition reader to focus students’ attention beyond what rules and norms govern their everyday behavior to how the rules themselves have been shaped over time. The author, James Miller, has drawn on his cutting-edge expertise in cultural analysis to help students inquire into those social norms and respond with writing that positions them as citizens making informed decisions about their world.   "[Acting Out Culture is a] cultural studies reader that appropriately challenges first-year composition students to re-think and re-invent how they approach cultural critique and argumentation by applying these activities to their daily lives through writing." — Christopher Wilkey, Northern Kentucky University   Acting Out Culture Reading and Writing Paper Text, 656pgs. ISBN: 0-312-45416-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-45416-6 Estimated U.S. Price: $59.95