The trans/national study of culture : a translational perspective / edited by Doris Bachmann-Medick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bachmann-Medick, Doris, editor.

Series:

Concepts for the study of culture ; Volume 4.

Concepts for the Study of Culture, 2190-3433 ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Research.

Culture.

Transnationalism.

Cultural pluralism.

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : de Gruyter, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume introduces key concepts for a trans/national expansion in the study of culture. Using translation as an analytical category, it explores what is translatable and untranslatable between nation-specific approaches such as British/American cultural studies, German Kulturwissenschaften and other traditions in studying culture. The range of articles included in the book covers both theoretical reflections and specific case studies that analyze the tensions and compatibilities amongst contemporary perspectives on the study of culture. By testing various key concepts - translation, cultural transfer, travelling concepts - this volume reflects on an essential vocabulary and common points of reference for scholars seeking new frameworks and methodologies for the foundation of a trans/national study of culture that is commensurate with the entangled nature of our world society.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface and Acknowledgements / Bachmann-Medick, Doris

Contents

The Trans/National Study of Culture / Bachmann-Medick, Doris

Towards Transnational Approaches to the Study of Culture / Nünning, Ansgar

I. Conceptualizations and Histories

Place and Displaced Categories, or How We Translate Ourselves into Global Histories of the Modern / Chakrabarty, Dipesh

The Transnational Study of Culture and the Indeterminacy of People(s) and Language(s) / Solomon, Jon

Scenes of Encounter / Langenohl, Andreas

From Hybridity to Translation / Bachmann-Medick, Doris

Is there a Timetable when Concepts Travel? / Middell, Matthias

What Do We Translate when We Translate? / Lutter, Christina

II. Knowledge Systems and Discursive Fields

Translation and the East There is No Such Thing as an 'Eastern European Study of Culture' / Buden, Boris

Australian Cultural Studies / Knellwolf King, Christa

Cultural Studies / Winter, Rainer

Translating 'Media' and 'Communication' / Weber, Thomas

D/Rifts between Visual Culture and Image Culture / Mersmann, Birgit

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110372601

3110372606

9783110333800

3110333805

OCLC:

876159867