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teaching: undergraduate: COM 478

Reading

There are three required texts for this class:

New York Times. (2005). Class Matters. New York: Henry Holt.

Coles, Robert & Testa, Randy. (2001). Growing Up Poor: A Literary Anthology. New York: New Press.

Schirato, Tony & Webb, J. (2003). Understanding Globalization. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

The titles of these texts are linked to Amazon listings where you will find cheap second hand copies.

Reading schedule

Each week will start with a short Reading Quiz (see assessment) and class discussion based on the material covered in the three required texts. You need to have done the reading in advance of the class each week.

For week 1

Schirato & Webb
Chapter 1 - The idea of globalization
Chapter 2 - Globalization history and ideology

New York Times
Introduction (Bill Keller)
Chapter 1 - Shadowy lines that still divide (Scott & Leonhardt)

Chapter 6 - The college dropout boom (Leonhardt)
Chapter 7 - No degree ... (Egan)

Coles & Testa
All of of the readings in Part 1

For week 2

Schirato & Webb
Chapter 3 - Technology, informationalism and space/time
Chapter 4 - Global capitalism

New York Times
Chapter 2 - Life at the top ... (Scott)
Chapter 3 - A marriage of unequals (Lewin)
Chapter 4 - Up from the holler ... (Lewin)
Chapter 8 - Fifteen years on the bottom rung

Coles & Testa
All of of the readings in Part 2

For week 3

Schirato & Webb
Chapter 5 - The state and sovereignty
Chapter 6 - The global subject and culture

New York Times
Chapter 9 - When the Joneses wear jeans (Steinhauer)
Chapter 10 - The five bedroom, six-figure ... (Kilborn)
Chapter 11 - Old Nantucket ... (Fabrikant)
Chapter 12 - The richest are leaving ... (Johnston)

Coles & Testa
All of of the readings in Part 3

For week 4

Schirato & Webb
Chapter 7 - The public sphere and the media
Chapter 8 - Globalization, counter-memory, practice

New York Times
Chapter 5 - On a Christian mission ... (Goodstein & Kirkpatrick)
Chapter 13 - In fiction, a long history... (McGrath)
Chapter 14 - Angela Whitiker's climb (Wilkerson)
Encounters with class

Coles & Testa
All of of the readings in Part 4

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