Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket

di Gordon Mathews (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2000

Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity? Global Culture/Individual Identity focuses on three groups for whom the tension between a particular national culture and the global cultural supermarket is especially acute: Japanese artists, American religious seekers and Hong Kong intellectuals after the handover to China. These ethnographic case studies form the basis for a theory of culture which we can all see reflected in our own lives. Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalization, culture and identity in a clear and lively style.

• Autore: Gordon Mathews
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2000
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 240 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 138 mm
• Peso: 340 gr.
• EAN: 9780415206167

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