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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784985503321

Autore

Morris Meaghan

Titolo

Identity anecdotes [[electronic resource] ] : translation and media culture / / Meaghan Morris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2006

ISBN

1-4462-1871-6

1-281-24039-7

9786611240394

1-84787-708-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 250 p.)

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

National characteristics in mass media

Popular culture

Mass media

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

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Rehtoric and Nationality; Chapter 1 - Afterthoughts on 'Australianism'; Chapter 2 - Panorama: the Live, the Dead and the Living; Chapter 3 - White Panic or Mad Max and the Sublime; Chapter 4 - Beyond Assimiliation: Aboriginality, Media History and Public Memory; Part II: Translation in Cultural Theory; Chapter 5 - The Man in the Mirror: David Harvey's 'Condition' of Postmodernity; Chapter 6 - A Way of Inhabiting a Culture: Paul Willeman's Looks and Frictions

Chapter 7 - An Ethics of Uncertainty: Naoki Sakai's Translation and SubjectivityChapter 8 - Crazy Talk Is Not Enough: Deleuze and Guattari at Muriel's Wedding; Part III: Institutionally Speaking; Chapter 9 - Sticks and Stones and Stereotypes: What Are Speech Codes For?; Chapter 10 - The Scully Protocol ('The truth is out there...'); Chapter 11 - 'Please Explain?': Ignorance, Poverty and the Past; Chapter 12 - Uncle Billy, Tina Turner and Me; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ranging across many fields, including film & media, gender, nationality, globalization & popular culture, this text explores what culture is & how it works in the modern world.