The Contemporary Reader

* NEW! WEB SITE: A dedicated web site, conceived by Kathryn Goodfellow of Northeastern University, features chapter guides that summarize the thematic focus of each chapter of the text and provide five to seven activities. Links to additional chapter-related online readings, including pieces from the online magazine Salon, are also featured. A guide to researching popular culture online analyzes various electronic resources - newsgroups, listservs, and online services - and their applicability to popular culture research. A talking model student research paper provides comments and suggestions for writing up research, and another section of popular culture links explores Web resources in television, film, music, advertising, gender issues, race and ethnicity, and censorship and free speech. Web site URL - http: //longman.awl.com/goshgarian * NEW! Over 90% of the selections are new to this edition - almost all written since 1996 - on timely topics like body piercing, Xena Warrior Princess, the X-Files, gay marriage, and the approaching millenium. * NEW! Multi-genre focus includes more short stories, poetry, letters to the editor, memoirs, journal entries, movie reviews, newspaper