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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456645303321

Titolo

Representing culture [[electronic resource] ] : essays on identity, visuality and technology / / edited by Claudia Alvares

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-282-19029-6

9786612190292

1-4438-0641-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlvaresClaudia

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Culture - Research

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

CONTENTS; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE ATTACK ON KNOWLEDGE; FEMINIST COMMUNITARIANISM; CONSTRUCTING THE 'MUSLIM OTHER'; CONFRONTING WHITENESS; 'OUR DISGUST WILL MAKE US STRONGER'; PUBLIC FRAMES; HERITAGE REVISITED; 'IT'S FOR YOU'; THE END OF DISTANCE; MNEMOSYNE AND THE ARCADES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The essays collected in this volume are interdisciplinary in nature, defying the traditional boundaries that compartmentalise and contain knowledge within particular camps. Heir to the 'undisciplining' legacy of cultural studies, they attempt to transcend the restrictive frameworks of pre-established discourse, engaging in new and fruitful combinations of theories and methodologies. The general aim of the book is to indicate new perspectives for the exercise of cultural criticism on the basis...