This work provides an account of culture in an age of globalization. Ulf Hannerz argues that, in an ever-more interconnected world, national understandings of culture have become insufficient. He explores the implications of boundary-crossings and long-distance cultural flows for established notions of "the local", "community", "nation" and "modernity" Hannerz not only engages with theoretical debates about culture and globalization but raises issues of how we think and live today. His account of the experience of global culture encompasses a shouting match in a New York street about Salman Rushdie, a papal visit to the Maya Indians; kung-fu dancers in Nigeria and Rastafarians in Amsterdam; the nostalgia of foreign correspondents; and the surprising experiences of tourists in a world city or on a Borneo photo safari. Summary: "Transnational Connections provides a lucid account of culture
Ide- og litteraturhistorie om øen, havet og øhavet fra 1700-tallet og frem til i dag Titel: Sydhavsøen : nydelsens geografi Genre: kunst_kultur Sammendrag: "Sydhavsøen – nydelsens geografi" er en idé- og litteraturhistorisk rejse gennem tre århundreders europæiske og amerikanske fortællinger om sydhavsøer og Stillehavets øhav. Med udgangspunkt i rejseberetninger, romaner, film, malerier og andre kunstværker viser Frits Andersen, hvordan billederne af paradisøen, den ædle vilde, tropisk natur, nydelse og rigdom er blevet skabt og gentaget fra 1700-tallet til i dag. Undervejs diskuteres værker af blandt andre Paul Gauguin, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne og Thor Heyerdahl. Bogen viser, hvordan fascinationen af de fjerne øer hænger sammen med kolonihistorie, globalisering, turisme og nutidige forestillinger om eksotiske ferieparadiser, og hvordan disse historiske billed
"One of the most comprehensive and intelligent postmodern critics of art and literature, Huyssen collects here a series of his essays on pomo . . . " —Village Voice Literary Supplement " . . . his work remains alert to the problematic relationship obtaining between marxisms and poststructuralisms." —American Literary History " . . . challenging and astute." —World Literature Today "Huyssen's level-headed account of this controversial constellation of critical voices brings welcome clarification to today's murky haze of cultural discussion and proves definitively that commentary from the tradition of the German Left has an indispensable role to play in contemporary criticism." —The German Quarterly " . . . we will certainly have, after reading this book, a deeper understanding of the forces that have led up to the present and of the possibilities still open to us." —Critical Texts " . . .
An Introduction Designed to be read as a coherent and enjoyable whole, this textbook is invaluable reading for anyone studying literature in English on bachelor's degrees in countries where English is not the first language, especially in Europe Titel: Studying literature in English : an introduction Forfatter: Dominic Rainsford Forlag: Routledge Udgivelsesår: 2014 Sprog: Engelsk
Aesthetics and Politics Under the Sign of Globalisation The universe is expanding, the world has gone global, and the US has launched a crusade to export the universal right to democracy to every part of the world. Under the circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the concept of universality is making a remarkable comeback in aesthetic and political theory. The meaning of the world, however, seems more contested than ever. Some denounce it as the ideological guise of particular interests, others as the conceptual equivalent of totalitarianism. But a growing number maintain that universality is an indispensable notion for any genuinely critical aesthetics and politics. Confronting Universalites consists of 12 contributors that examine how contemporary works of art in different media and genres influence, shape, or confront the political realm in both theory and practice by way of the
I denne analyse undersøger Michael J. Shapiro postmoderne fortolkningsmetoder og hvordan tekstualitet er iboende i politisk praksis. Bogen engagerer læsere i spørgsmål om magt, autoritet og ressourcefordeling, med henvisninger til teoretikere som Derrida, Foucault og Bourdieu. Type: Paperback
Forfattere: Sandra Slater, Fay A. Yarbrough Sprog: Engelsk Antal sider: 0 Udgivelsesår: 2011 Several contributors consider sexual practice as a mode of cultural articulation, as well as a vehicle for the expression of gender roles. Groundbreaking historical scholarship on the complex attitudes toward gender and sexual roles in Native American culture, with a new preface and supplemental bibliography Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the New World, Native Americans across the continent had developed richly complex attitudes and forms of expression concerning gender and sexual roles. The role of the "berdache," a man living as a woman or a woman living as a man in native societies, has received recent scholarly attention but represents just one of many such occurrences of alternative gender identification in these cultures. Editors Sandra Slater and Fay A. Yarbrough have brought togethe
Summary: "In recent years, a large number of theoretical models have been developed to try and make sense of today's complex global society. This text identifies eight distinct models of global studies, such as Americanization, Homogenization, Balkanization and Creolization, enabling the reader to make sense of the full range of global issues and contending views on the existing world order. Within each module, present theoretical literature and key current issues are addressed with boxed case studies. Paying particular attention to human rights, the book provides students with the theoretical grounding and practical knowledge necessary for an understanding of globalization. This book explains the challenges and redefines the core theories of globalization. Using fascinating case studies to illustrate how each model works in practice, the chapters look at society, culture, politics and e
