Understanding cultural globalization / Paul Hopper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopper, Paul, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture and globalization.

Physical Description:

vi, 233 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2007.

Summary:

Understanding Cultural Globalization is a comprehensive and highly accessible introduction to the critical debates surrounding cultural globalization.

Paul Hopper leads the reader through the varied issues associated with globalization and culture, including deterritorialization, cosmopolitanism, cultural hybridization and homogenization, as well as claims that aspects of globalization are provoking cultural resistance. In exploring the cultural dynamics of globalization, the book investigates the interrelationship between globalization and culture, seeking in the process to problematize both concepts.

Completely up to date and drawing on a rich range of empirical and theoretical examples, Understanding Cultural Globalization will be key reading for all students of culture, medial and globalization.

Contents:

Introduction: Approaching Cultural Globalization 1

1 The Histories of Cultural Globalization 13

2 Travelling Cultures 37

3 Global Communication, Media and Technology 60

4 Globalization and Global Culture 87

5 Globalization and National Culture 111

6 Globalization and Cultural Conflict 135

7 Globalization and Cosmopolitanism 157

Conclusion: Cultural Globalizations 180.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745635576

0745635571

074563558X

9780745635583

OCLC:

141381720