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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780626503321

Titolo

Framing globalization [[electronic resource] ] : visual perspectives / / edited by Patrizia Faccioli and Jacqueline A. Gibbons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007

Newcastle, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2007

ISBN

1-282-19250-7

9786612192500

1-4438-0889-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FaccioliPatrizia

GibbonsJacqueline A

Disciplina

303.482

Soggetti

Globalization - Social aspects

Visual communication

Mass media and culture

Culture and globalization

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

The book presents a collection of readings to reflect and develop the varied and dynamic interfaces of globalization: the global and local. The purpose is to identify how global and local dimensions intersect with cultural construction and processes of identity. How do the images around us challenge us in everyday life? We are surrounded by a multitude of images in cultural contexts, with rich semiotic signs and symbols, manifest in posters, graffiti, advertising, the media, photographs, rel...