Mirror on America : Short Essays and Images from Popular Culture

By Joan T. Mims and Elizabeth M. Nollen

Students come to college already equipped with plenty of knowledge about popular culture and are more than ready to talk about the topics that interest them. "Mirror on America: Short Essays and Images from Popular Culture" draws on that knowledge and interest and gives students the context they need to understand the culture around them. Composed primarily of short, high-interest essays and rich visual images, the text's thematic chapters present material that students will already be familiar with, but in new and provocative ways. Abundant apparatus guides their responses and helps them think and write critically about American popular culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312153325
• ISBN13: 9780312153328
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Bedford/ St. Martin Press
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 6.5" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

It is a very educative book for teenagers who like popularity

I read this book in a college class. Although I am not a teenager, I think that teenagers in the class learned a lot. They learned things such as what to wear, how to spend their money when choosing what to wear, and how culture affect our life style.

Wonderful Textbook on American Culture

As a developmental compostion teacher, I have used this text for several years, and without question, the students have not only praised it, but strongly recommended it for future classes. That kind of praise has never happened to me with any other textbook. Students love the readings--they are lively, challenging, yet very pertinent to real issues and not watered-down versions of those controversies. Additionally, I love the readings because they blend real-life experiences and observations with real in-depth critical analysis, but still, at a level that is both accessible and challenging.