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Cultural Globalization
J. Macgregor Wise
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Description for Cultural Globalization
Hardcover. Drawing on diverse research literature from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, and media studies, Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide presents a new perspective through which to raise questions about globalization, a perspective framed by the concepts of territory, identity, and culture. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
Cultural Globalization: A User’s Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture and globalization. Drawing on extensive examples and interdisciplinary research, Wise explores concepts of culture, territory and identity in order to give students a new perspective on issues of globalization.
Cultural Globalization: A User’s Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture and globalization. Drawing on extensive examples and interdisciplinary research, Wise explores concepts of culture, territory and identity in order to give students a new perspective on issues of globalization.
- Includes numerous examples from Asian, European, and North American youth culture and popular music
- Draws on interdisciplinary research from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, and media studies
- Considers how global processes carry with them the ethical questions of how to act in the world and how to care for others
- Provides an original and stimulating ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631235385
SKU
V9780631235385
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99-50
About J. Macgregor Wise
J. Macgregor Wise is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Exploring Technology and Social Space (1997), co-author (with Jennifer Daryl Slack) of Culture and Technology: A Primer (2005), and co-author (with Lawrence Grossberg, Ellen Wartella, and D. Charles Whitney) of the second edition of MediaMaking: Mass Media in a Popular Culture (2006). ... Read more
Reviews for Cultural Globalization
?There's no question that Wise's Cultural Globalization is a useful addition to cultural studies pedagogy.? (Reconstruction, March 2009) "MacGregor Wise?s meander through music and youth culture offers a vision of a free global sweet shop, in which fashionable kids can pick and mix their identities ... .A comparison of the manner in which the music press elevates certain types ... Read more