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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814428603321

Titolo

Cultures in motion / / edited by Daniel T. Rodgers, Bhavani Raman, and Helmut Reimitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-691-17617-5

1-4008-4989-6

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Collana

Publications in partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University

Altri autori (Persone)

RodgersDaniel T

RamanBhavani

ReimitzHelmut

Disciplina

306.09

Soggetti

Cross-cultural studies

Culture

Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The circulation of cultural practices -- pt. 2. Objects in transit -- pt. 3. Translations.

Sommario/riassunto

In the wide-ranging and innovative essays of Cultures in Motion, a dozen distinguished historians offer new conceptual vocabularies for understanding how cultures have trespassed across geography and social space. From the transformations of the meanings and practices of charity during late antiquity and the transit of medical knowledge between early modern China and Europe, to the fusion of Irish and African dance forms in early nineteenth-century New York, these essays follow a wide array of cultural practices through the lens of motion, translation, itinerancy, and exchange, extending the insights of transnational and translocal history. Cultures in Motion challenges the premise of fixed, stable cultural systems by showing that cultural practices have always been moving, crossing borders and locations with often surprising effect. The essays offer striking examples from early to modern times of intrusion, translation, resistance, and adaptation.



These are histories where nothing--dance rhythms, alchemical formulas, musical practices, feminist aspirations, sewing machines, streamlined metals, or labor networks--remains stationary. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Celia Applegate, Peter Brown, Harold Cook, April Masten, Mae Ngai, Jocelyn Olcott, Mimi Sheller, Pamela Smith, and Nira Wickramasinghe.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.