I Contexts for Conversations
Contexts for Conversations
"Taggers Spray over Vandal Image." Phat X. Chiem
Writing in Context
Reading in Context
Tools for Writing and Reading in Context
A Guide to Writing in Context
A Guide to Reading in Context
Genre Glossary
II Searching for Authenticity
Keeping it Real
"A Way out of Wonderland: Is Real Life Possible Anymore?" Jon Spayde
"Art on my Mind" Bell Hooks
"Representing the Real." Todd Boyd
"Me and My Shadow." Jane Tompkins
"Inescapable Horizons." Charles Taylor
"Goin' Gangsta, Choosin' Cholita." Nell Bernstein
"The Heart of the Matter." David Klinghoffer
Is Authenticity for Sale?
"Chicana Artists: Exploring Nepantla, el Lugar de la Frontera." Gloria Anzaldua
"A Cultural Perpetual Motion Machine." Thomas Frank
"Marketing Street Culture: Bringing Hip-Hop Style to the Mainstream." Marc Spiegler
"Imitation of Life." James Ledbetter
"Tropicaacute;lia, Agora!" Gerald Marzorati
Case Study: Contesting the Ownership of Music
[Lyrics]
U
2 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."
[Newspaper article]
"On the Beat: U2's Double Trouble." Richard Harrington
[Court Document]
Island Records/Warner-Chappell Music
Excerpts from the Island/Warner-Chappell Lawsuit
[Press Release]
Negativland
"U2 Negativland: The Case From Our Side."
[Legislation]
Excerpts from
Chapter 1 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act
[Opinion Pieces]
Negativland
"In Fair Use Debate, Art Must Come First."
Adrian Adams and Paul McKibben, "Sampling Without Permission is Theft."
[Software Review]
"Build a Desktop Studio." Tom Samiljan
[Press Release]
Rtmark
"Rtmark Finds Bucks for Beck Rip-off."
III Establishing a Sense of Place
On the Road
"Why We Go." Andrea Barrett
"Nature and Culture." Yi-Fu Tuan
"Skin." Esmeralda Santiago
"Bright Boy from the Delta." Clifton L. Taulbert
"Journey to Lhasa." Vikram Seth
"Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape." Barry Lopez
Making a Home
"Comfort and Well-being." Walter Rybczynski
"Coming Home." Sharon Haar and Christopher Reed
"The Triumph of Burbopolis: There's Nothing 'Sub' about the Suburbs Anymore." Michael Pollan
"Mi Casa es su Casa: Adobe LA." Margaret Crawford
"Late Victorians." Richard Rodriquez
Case Study: On Painting a House Purple
[Brochure]
City of San Antonio, "Historic Districts of San Antonio: Neighbors in History."
[Newsbrief, Opinion Columns]
"King William Color Flap."
"King William Seeing Red Over Purple." Susan Yerkes
"Now We Know Why It's Called Purple Passion." Susan Yerkes
[News Stories]
"Purple Debate Reaches Commission/Cisneros Agrees to Work with City Staff on Mutually Acceptable Color Scheme." Mike Greenberg
"Author to Repaint Purple House a 'Tejano' Color." Thaddeus Herrick
[Letters to the Editor. Opinion Pieces]
"My Purple House." Sandra Cisneros
"Purple Politics." Milton Babbitt
[T.V. News Story]
"The Purple House." Michele Norris
[Opinion Column]
"Cisneros Case Sheds Light on Monicagate." Mike Greenberg
IV Participating in Civic Conversations
What Makes Democracy Work?
"Civil Society."Jean Bethke Elshtain
"Toward an Agenda for Social Capitalists." Robert Putnam
"Hate Radio." Patricia J. Williams
"Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner." Barbara Carlson
"Democracy's Conversation." Lani Guinier
"Symposium on Minority Journalists and the Media.&rdquo Ray Suarez and Ellis Cose and Joie Chen and George de Lama and Mark Trahant