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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451161403321

Autore

Mathews Gordon

Titolo

Global culture/individual identity : searching for home in the cultural supermarket / / Gordon Mathews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

0-203-45934-2

1-134-62542-1

1-280-31749-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Acculturation

Culture

Ethnicity

Group identity

International relations and culture

National characteristics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. On the Meanings of Culture; 2. What in the World Is Japanese? on the Cultural Identities of Agists, Calligraphers, Bebop Pianists, and Punk Rockers; 3. What in the World Is American? on the Cultural Identities of Evangelical Christians, Spiritual Searchers, and Tibetan Buddhists; 4. What in the World Is Chinese? on the Cultural Identities of Hong Kong Intellectuals in the Shadow and Wake of 1 July 1997

5. Searching for Home in the Cultural SupermarketNotes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalisation, culture and identity in a clear and lively style. His book will be an illuminating and valuable read to social and cultural



anthropologists and students.