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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454118703321

Autore

Kavoori Anandam P

Titolo

The logics of globalization [[electronic resource] ] : studies in international communication / / Anandam Kavoori

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

1-282-49399-X

9786612493997

0-7391-3252-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Mass media - Social aspects - India

Popular culture - India

Globalization - India

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

The word and the world : defining the IC prism -- Singing in a (new) nation : the early films of Raj Kapoor -- Time to kill : gaming and terrorism -- Tracking the "authentic" : world music and the global postmodern -- Playing with postcoloniality : four moments in Indian cricket -- Consuming technologies : the discourse of cell phone advertising in India.

Sommario/riassunto

The Logics of Globalization provides students and scholars of international communication a critical language through which to interrogate the flow of global media culture. Drawing on transnational cultural studies, the book offers analysis of popular culture_focusing on film, video games, music, sports, cell phones, and performance.