Required Texts
Because Diana Hacker’s A Writer’s Reference, 6th edition, is now ridiculously overpriced, I am no longer requiring that students purchase this invaluable resource on grammar, style, and citation methods. Instead, you should avail yourself of the numerous copies of this handy reference work in the USP Reading Room. Gordon Harvey’s Writing with Sources, another useful guide, will be distributed free-of-charge. One of the readings for the class will be found on-line, while the rest will be located in a binder in the USP Reading Room and on reserve in the Central Library. In addition, a number of useful materials related to the practice of writing have been gathered at the UWP links page: http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/writing/resources/index.html. We will be periodically using certain links from this page, and students will find the other available resources gathered here a handy collection of supplemental materials related to various aspects of the writing process.
Readings
Bataille, Georges. The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy, Vol. 1, Consumption. Trans. Robert Hurley. New York: Zone Books, 1991. 45-77.
Gladwell, Malcolm. “The Coolhunt.” Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker. Ed. David Remnick. New York: Random House, 2000. 468-481.
Heath, Joseph and Andrew Potter. The Rebel Sell: Why the Culture Can’t Be Jammed. Chicester: Capstone, 2005. 100-135.
Klein, Naomi. No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies. Rev. ed. New York: Picador USA, 2002. 63-85.
Miller, Geoffrey F. “Waste: A Sexual Critique of Consumerism.” Prospect Feb. 1999: 18-23. 15 Aug. 2007. <http://www.unm.edu/~gfmiller/new_papers2/miller%201999%20waste.DOC>.
O’Hagan, Andrew. “The Things We Throw Away.” London Review of Books 29.10 (24 May 2007). 15 Aug. 2007. <http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n10/ohag01_.html>.
Schudson, Michael. Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion: Its Dubious Impact on American Society. New York: Basic Books, 1984. 209-235.
Veblen, Thorstein. “Conspicuous Consumption.” A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace, and Capitalism. Ed. Rick Tilman. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1993. 40-56.
Williams, Raymond. "Advertising: the Magic System." Problems in Materialism and Culture: Selected Essays. London: Verso, 1980. 170-195.
Films and Videos
Advertising & the End of the World. Dir. Sut Jhally. 1998.
The Merchants of Cool. Dir. Barak Goodman. 2000.
“The Story of Stuff.” Dir. Louis Fox. Written by Annie Leonard. 2007. |
