| Ch. 11 Pop Culture | ||
| James McBride, Hip Hop Planet | ||
| [video] http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player#/?titleID=hip-hop-1-out-of-africa&catID=8 | ||
| Four documentary clips that accompany the National Geographic article. | ||
| Mark Twain, Corn-Pone Opinions | ||
| [text] http://justoneopinion.com/corn-pone-opinions | ||
| Blog entry responding to the ideas in Mark Twain’s Corn-Pone Opinions. | ||
| Scott McCloud, Show and Tell | ||
| [video] http://www.ted.com/talks/scott_mccloud_on_comics.html | ||
| Scott McCloud gives a presentation on the mechanics, history, and development of comics. | ||
| Robin Givhan, An Image a Little Too Carefully Coordinated | ||
| [text] http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-07-20-roberts-family_x.htm | ||
| Another article on John Roberts & his family (picture included). | ||
| Steven Johnson, Watching TV Makes You Smarter | ||
| [audio & text] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4663852 | ||
| Steven Johnson talks with NPR about complex narratives in television. | ||
| Chuck Klosterman, My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead | ||
| [text] http://content.usatoday.com/communities/livefrom/post/2011/07/zombie-romance-isaac-marion-spreads-love-with-warm-bodies/1 | ||
| “Warm Bodies” by Isaac Marion. Both an example of and an exception to the current trends in paranormal romance and movies. | ||
| Hans Ostrom, Emily Dickinson and Elvis Presley in Heaven | ||
| [website] http://www.ovguide.com/hans-ostrom-9202a8c04000641f80000000055a2b3a | ||
| Web page featuring links to Hans Ostrom's personal YouTube videos, which feature readings of his poems. | ||
| [text] http://voicealpha.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/poetry-aloud-websites-hans-ostroms-you-tube-channel/ | ||
| An interview with Hans Ostram about his YouTube channel. | ||
| Andy Warhol, Myths (painting) | ||
| [website] http://www.warhol.org/collection/art/ | ||
| Web page with links to online galleries of Andy Warhol’s art and information on the Andy Warhol Museum. | ||
| Mark Tansey, The Innocent Eye Test (painting) | ||
| [text] http://www.101bananas.com/art/innocent.html | ||
| An illuminating quote from Mark Tansey about his art. | ||
| Thomas Friedman, The Revolution is U.S. | ||
| [video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXI0VsX4NKI | ||
| Thomas Friedman talks about globalization after 9/11. | ||
| Heather Havrilesky, Besieged by ‘Friends’ | ||
| [audio] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1334785 | ||
| NPR talks with director Charles Stuart about his documentary, Hollywood and the Muslim World. | ||
| Deirdre Straughan, Cultural Hegemony: Who’s Dominating Whom? | ||
| [text] http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2001/10/02/globalization-vs-local-culture/ | ||
| A second article by Deirdre Straughn on the notion of globalization and intercultural interaction. | ||
| Kwame Anthony Appiah, from The Case for Contamination | ||
| [audio] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5168294 | ||
| Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses his views on Cosmopolitanism. | ||
| Joseph S. Nye Jr., The U.S. Can Reclaim ‘Smart’ Power | ||
| [audio & text] http://www.npr.org/2011/02/01/133406857/in-digital-age-future-of-power-must-be-smart | ||
| Joseph S. Nye, Jr. discusses the balance of hard and soft power—what he calls “smart power”—in a developing world. | ||
| Hassan Ammar, Slovakian Soccer Fan at 2010 World Cup in South Africa (photo) | ||
| [website] http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/hassan-ammar/2267/t/photos/ | ||
| Washington Times archive of Hassan Ammar’s photography. | ||