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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456830303321

Titolo

Recycling culture(s) [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sara Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars, 2008

ISBN

1-282-19185-3

9786612191855

1-4438-0820-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MartinSara

Disciplina

306.090511

Soggetti

Culture in literature

Culture in motion pictures

Social evolution

Civilization, Modern - 21st century

Intellectual life

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.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Recycling the book and the screen -- pt. II. Recycling identity, consumption and history.

Sommario/riassunto

Culture survives today by means of a constant recycling, optimistically trying to overcome its own decadence in the 21st century. Recycling Culture(s) addresses from a variety of perspectives this strategy, analyzing not only a wide range of texts but also of cultural practices. As the volume shows, culture thrives on a permanent state of flux, borrowing materials for its own survival wherever they are found and always favouring hybridity. This refers not only to how texts cross genre and med...