Rituals of mediation [[electronic resource] ] : international politics and social meaning / / François Debrix and Cynthia Weber, editors

• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/2
• Soggetto topico: Intercultural communication; International relations and culture; Cultural relations
• Altri autori: DebrixFrançois WeberCynthia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rituals of Mediation; PART I: Sites of Mediation; ONE: Site Specific: Medi(t)ations at the Airport; TWO: Spatializing International Activism: Genetically Modified Foods on the Internet; THREE: Postcards from Aztlán; PART II: Sights of Mediation; FOUR: Salgado and the Sahel: Documentary Photography and the Imaging of Famine; FIVE: Sensationally Mediated Moralities: Innocence, Purity, and Danger; SIX: Site Improvements: Discovering Direct-Mail Retail as "B2C" Industrial Democracy; PART III: Mediation, Cultural Governance, and the Political ; SEVEN: Culture, Governance, and Global Biopolitics EIGHT: Spinning the World: Spin Doctors,Mediation, and Foreign Policy; Epilogue: Romantic Mediations of September 11; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: The authors consider international issues like security, development, political activism, and the war against terrorism through the lens of cultural practices such as traveling through airports, exhibiting art and photography, logging on to the Internet, and spinning news stories.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rituals of mediation
• ISBN: 0-8166-9437-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819940103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II