Teenagers and young adults will relate to the pop culture theme of this fascinating series. Horror movies, body art, supermodels, comic books, dance music and extreme sports are just some of the many subjects in Pop Culture. Pop Culture is a valuable source of supplementary material that students and teachers will find stimulating and easy to use.
Civil War and Reconstruction (American Heritage, American Voices series)
This exciting new addition to the American Heritage American Voices series offers young readers insights into the culture and ideas of the Civil War era through a variety of primary sources. The book includes major historical documents, such as the Gettysburg Address, as well as more personalized accounts of the war and of the popular culture of the times found in diaries, advertisements, and magazine and newspaper articles. Throughout, the readings are supplemented by introductions, period illustrations, sidebar information, and vocabularies.
Building bridges: 10 Idioms about Relationships and Friends -2012-
Idioms and expressions are important parts of any literary or dialectic culture. For anyone who is wondering what are idioms, they are groups of words that present information in a figurative or proverbial manner. Today, there are modern acronyms like BFF and pseudo-words like “frenemies.” There are many other idioms and expressions about friendship and relationships that are centuries old and still have an important place in modern culture. Here are a few examples of idioms about relationships that are used every day.
The Civil War retains a powerful hold on the American imagination, with each generation since 1865 reassessing its meaning and importance in American life. This volume collects twelve essays by leading Civil War scholars who demonstrate how the meanings of the Civil War have changed over time.
'Cultural Identity and Postmodern Writing' seeks to ascertain the relationship obtaining between the specific form postmodernism assumes in a given culture, and the "national narrative" in which that culture traditionally recognizes itself. Theo D'haen provides a general introduction to the issue of "cultural identity and postmodern writing." Jos Joosten and Thomas Vaessens take a look at Dutch literature, and particular Dutch poetry, in relation to "postmodernism."
