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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788534303321

Titolo

Cultures and/of globalization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Barrie Axford and Richard Huggins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-283-43584-5

9786613435842

1-4438-3255-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AxfordBarrie

HugginsRichard

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Culture and globalization

Globalization - Social aspects

Multiculturalism

Intercultural communication

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. 1. Cultural dialogues and borders : constructions and crossings -- pt. 2. Counter cultural voices and global conflict -- pt. 3. Cultural and cross-cultural spaces -- pt. 4. Cosmopolitan migration : transnational identities and local lives.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the ways in which study of culture as the realm of meaning and identity can inform current debates about globalization and thus afford greater understanding of emergent globalities. By drawing on a range of disciplinary and sub-disciplinary expertise from across the social sciences and also promoting areas of cross-disciplinary research, the book contributes to the development of theory on globalization and also provides some significant illustrations of (cultural) globaliz...