Global culture/individual identity : searching for home in the cultural supermarket / / Gordon Mathews

• Autore: Mathews Gordon
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetto topico: Acculturation; Culture; Ethnicity; Group identity; International relations and culture; National characteristics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-222) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. On the Meanings of Culture; 2. What in the World Is Japanese? on the Cultural Identities of Agists, Calligraphers, Bebop Pianists, and Punk Rockers; 3. What in the World Is American? on the Cultural Identities of Evangelical Christians, Spiritual Searchers, and Tibetan Buddhists; 4. What in the World Is Chinese? on the Cultural Identities of Hong Kong Intellectuals in the Shadow and Wake of 1 July 1997 ; 5. Searching for Home in the Cultural SupermarketNotes; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalisation, culture and identity in a clear and lively style. His book will be an illuminating and valuable read to social and cultural anthropologists and students.
• Titolo autorizzato: Global culture
• ISBN: 0-203-45934-2; 1-134-62542-1; 1-280-31749-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451161403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II