ReMix: Reading and Composing Culture

by Catherine G. Latterell

Students live in a "remix culture" -- a do-it-yourself, collaborative, and creative culture in which they are the writers, designers, and creators. ReMix brings this creativity to the composition classroom by asking students to investigate the world around them, to question the assumptions behind everyday concepts such as identity, community, and technology, and to compose meaningful verbal and visual texts that speak to the culture they live in. With a mix of humor and analysis, ReMix inspires students to Why do I think the way I do? What is my relationship to the culture around me? Am I truly, as one advertisement claims, "my playlist"? At last, here is a cultural studies reader that students will want to respond to.

Genres: School, Teaching

848 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 2005

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the reader for the EWRT100B class I'm teaching, so I'm rereading parts of it all the time. The students seemed to like our first reading, a short newspaper style story about a young soldier who lost his walled and got it sent back to him in the mail 45 years later.

[Emilie Frechie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I teach this book; it's used in my Senior Nonfiction course. The kids really seems to like most of it, because it's timely, relevant, and spurns great discussions in class. I love the spectrum of writers included in this book.

[Jessika Griffin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am using this book to teach English W130. The essays are light and fun and my students enjoy the book so far. It even has an essay by David Sedaris. Awesome!