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Cultural Critique and the Global Corporation

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Description for Cultural Critique and the Global Corporation Paperback. Examines the stories that corporations tell about themselves - and explores the powerful influence of corporations in the transformation of cultural and social life. Editor(s): Bose, Purnima; Lyons, Laura E. Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 b&w illus. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.

This book examines the stories that corporations tell about themselves—and explores the powerful influence of corporations in the transformation of cultural and social life. Six case studies draw on CEO memoirs, annual reports, management manuals, advertising campaigns, and other sources to analyze the self-representations and rhetorical maneuvers that corporations use to obscure the full extent of their power. Images of corporate character and responsibility are intertwined with the changes in local economy, politics, and culture wrought by globalization and neoliberalism. The contributors to this volume describe the effects of specific corporate practices on individuals and communities and how activists and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Tracking Globalization
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253221629
SKU
V9780253221629
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99-50

About . Ed(S): Bose, Purnima; Lyons, Laura E.
Purnima Bose is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Cultural Studies Program at Indiana University Bloomington. She is author of Organizing Empire: Individualism, Collective Agency, and India. Laura E. Lyons is Associate Professor of English at the University of Hawai'i.

Reviews for Cultural Critique and the Global Corporation
"Corporations and their CEOs are in the position of Scheherazade. As long as they have a story to tell that is at least captivating enough they can keep themselves alive for one more day. But there is increasing demand that these narratives be reliable and have some mimetic accuracy. Within the complex web of social, political and economic relationships that ... Read more

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