Identity anecdotes : translation and media culture / Meaghan Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Meaghan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology) and mass media.

Popular culture.

Mass media.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

x, 250 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2006.

Summary:

"Meticulously attentive to the complex nuances and intricacies of what is too easily glossed as 'cross-cultural communication', these essays offer us a unique, writerly perspective on what it takes, socially and textually, to reconcile the requirements of an effective shared discourse - cultural studies - with the intrinsic heterogeneity of our divergent glocal realities... an awesomely satisfying and enlightening read."-Ien Ang, University of Western Sydney How is identity produced in global 'textual environments'? What forms of narrative generate solidarity in a world in which globalization and trans-nationality can often appear to be a fait accompli? -- This brilliant, coruscating book, written by one of the most formidable and original thinkers in cultural studies, examines questions of nationality, identity, the use of anecdote to build solidarity and the role of institutions in shaping culture. Ranging across many fields, including film and media, gender, nationality, globalization and popular culture, it provides a mind-clearing exercise in recognizing what culture is, and how it works, today. Illustrated with a fund of relevant and insightful examples, it addresses the central questions in cultural studies today: identity, post-identity, the uses of narrative and textual analysis, the industrial organization of solidarity and the opportunities and dilemmas of globalization. Penetrating, arresting and inimitable, the book is a major contribution to the field of cultural studies. It is of interest to students of cultural studies, media, film and cultural sociology.

Contents:

Part 1 Rhetoric and Nationality 29

1 Afterthoughts on 'Australianism' 31

2 Panorama: the Live, the Dead and the Living 40

3 White Panic or Mad Max and the Sublime 80

4 Beyond Assimilation: Aboriginality Media History and Public Memory 105

Part 2 Translation in Cultural Theory 125

5 The Man in the Mirror: David Harvey's 'Condition' of Postmodernity 127

6 A Way of Inhabiting a Culture: Paul Willemen's Looks and Frictions 151

7 An Ethics of Uncertainty: Naoki Sakai's Translation and Subjectivity 173

8 Crazy Talk Is Not Enough: Deleuze and Guattari at Muriel's Wedding 187

Part 3 Institutionally Speaking 203

9 Sticks and Stones and Stereotypes 205

10 The Scully Protocol ('The truth is out there...') 216

11 'Please Explain?': Ignorance, Poverty and the Past 227

12 Uncle Billy, Tina Turner and Me 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761961151

076196116X

OCLC:

70694599

Publisher Number:

9780761961154

9780761961161

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