European culture in diversity / edited by Krystyna Kujawinska Courtney, Maria Lukowska and Evan Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kujawińska-Courtney, Krystyna.

Łukowska, Maria Antonina.

Williams, Evan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism--Europe.

Cultural pluralism.

Europe--Civilization--21st century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of articles devoted to Europe was born from the urgent need to present the specificity of European culture, both its unity and diversity, and at the same time create a stimulating dialogue about European culture and its complexities. European culture, considered as all inherited beliefs and values behind social action, has been treated in the past as a complex phenomenon of superior value, as the result of a common past among European nations, the permeation of various cultura...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; DISENTANGLING DEMOCRACY; THE CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION; GLOBALIZATION OF EUROPEAN CULTURE; THE MARKETING STRATEGIES OF POLISH ENTERPRISES OPERATING ON THE SINGLE EUROPEAN MARKET; EUROPEAN DIVERSITY; EAST ASIAN THOUGHT; EUROPEAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN ART; LITERATURE AND EUROPEAN IDENTITY; THEATRE OF EUROPE; EUROPEAN CINEMA; GENDER AS CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE; CONTRIBUTORS; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-43596-9

9786613435965

1-4438-3331-2

OCLC:

817056992