Imagined identities : identity formation in the age of globalization / edited by Gönül Pultar ; foreword by Nur Yalman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yalman, Nur, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Pultar, Gönül, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

Identity (Psychology).

Culture and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Syracuse University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How are identities being forged during the age of globalization? This collection of essays, by scholars from various disciplines and regions of the world, discusses both the construction and deconstruction of identity in its engagement with culture, ethnicity, and nationhood. The authors explore the tension resulting from the desire to create a new cultural space for identities that are at once national, regional, linguistic, and religious. Among the wide-ranging approaches, Tanja Stampfl looks at the elusiveness of cultural identity in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner; Dawn Morais investigates issues of ethnicity and nationality in Malaysia's tourism advertising; and Cathy Waegner explores ethnic identities as globalized market commodities.Throughout the volume, identity is approached from a variety of sites-fiction, news analysis, film, theme parks, and field work-to contribute new insight and perspective to the well-worn debate over what identity signifies in societies where the existence of minorities, both indigenous and immigrant, challenges the dominant group.

Contents:

""c""; ""Pultar final""; ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""The Transnational Indian Novel in English""; ""Capturing a Nation""; ""Lost in Transition, or A Life in Between""; ""Creating Ethnic Memory""; ""Foreign News""; ""“Malaysia: Truly Asia�""; ""“Was guckst Du?�/ “Whaddaya Lookin� At?�""; ""Blackface Minstrelsy and Ethnic Identity as Globalized Market Commodities""; ""Albert Isaac Bezzerides""; ""National Identities at Leisure""; ""Patterns of Identity Formation in the Post-Soviet Space""

""The Role of the Turkic Component in Current Kazakhstani Identity Formation""""Globalization as Fuel, Ethnicity as Engine""; ""“The Nation and Its Fragments�""; ""Building a Diaspora, Adopting a New Nationality""; ""The Politics of Identity in Lebanon""; ""American, United Statian, Usamerican, or Gringo?""; ""Nation-State, National Identity, and National Culture in the Era of Globalization""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""bc""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815652595

0815652593

OCLC:

923423563