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Imagined Globalization
Néstor García Canclini
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Paperback. Considers how globalization is imagined by artists, academics, migrants, and entrepreneurs, all of whom traverse boundaries and, at times, engage in conflicted or negotiated multicultural interactions. This title contrasts the imaginaries of previous migrants to the Americas with those who live in transnational circuits. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
A leading figure in cultural studies worldwide, Néstor García Canclini is a Latin American thinker who has consistently sought to understand the impact of globalization on the relations between Latin America, Europe, and the United States, and among Latin American countries. In this book, newly available in English, he considers how globalization is imagined by artists, academics, migrants, and entrepreneurs, all of whom traverse boundaries and, at times, engage in conflicted or negotiated multicultural interactions.
A leading figure in cultural studies worldwide, Néstor García Canclini is a Latin American thinker who has consistently sought to understand the impact of globalization on the relations between Latin America, Europe, and the United States, and among Latin American countries. In this book, newly available in English, he considers how globalization is imagined by artists, academics, migrants, and entrepreneurs, all of whom traverse boundaries and, at times, engage in conflicted or negotiated multicultural interactions.
García Canclini contrasts the imaginaries of previous migrants to the Americas with those who live in transnational circuits today. He integrates metaphor and narrative, working ... Read more
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Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Latin America in Translation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822354734
SKU
V9780822354734
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About Néstor García Canclini
Néstor García Canclini is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City. Born in Argentina, he has lived in Mexico for many years. He is an anthropologist and cultural critic originally trained as a philosopher. Among the many books that he has written, those available in English are Hybrid Cultures: Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity, ... Read more
Reviews for Imagined Globalization
"For those engaging the question of howwemay move beyond narrow geopolitical horizons to embrace world anthropologies, this important book offers an exemplary model and abundant food for thought."
Florence E. Babb
American Anthropologist
"[O]ffers a nuanced examination of globalization…García Canclini creatively marshals autoethnographies, fictional scenarios, metaphors and cultural theorizing to compel the reader to consider global horizons ... Read more
Florence E. Babb
American Anthropologist
"[O]ffers a nuanced examination of globalization…García Canclini creatively marshals autoethnographies, fictional scenarios, metaphors and cultural theorizing to compel the reader to consider global horizons ... Read more