Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide

Wise, J. MacGregor

ISBN 10: 0631235396 / ISBN 13: 9780631235392

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0631235396I4N10

Inhaltsangabe:

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 overview of theories of culture and globalization, encouraging
  students think more broadly about the key issues

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: 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).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket