Cultural Globalization
A User's Guide
1. Edition April 2008
186 Pages, Softcover
Monograph
Short Description
Drawing on diverse research literature from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, and media studies, Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide presents a new perspective through which to raise questions about globalization, a perspective framed by the concepts of territory, identity, and culture.
Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide is a personal and idiosyncratic journey through theories of culture and globalization. Drawing on diverse research literature from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, and media studies, J. Macgregor Wise presents a new perspective through which to raise questions about globalization, a perspective framed by the concepts of territory, identity, and culture. This lively and engaging book draws on a myriad of examples from Asian, European, and North American youth culture and popular music. In the end, this book is a vivid reminder that global processes are a part of who we are and what we do, and that these same processes carry with them the ethical questions of how to act in the world and how to care for others.
Chapter One: Culture at Home.
Culture.
Territory.
Identity.
Home.
Ideology.
Orientalism.
Notes.
Chapter Two: Culture and the Global.
Non-Local Connections.
Globalization.
Global Flows.
Form and Content, Local and Global.
Local Form/Global Content.
Global Form/Local Content.
Notes.
Chapter Three: Global Youth.
Youth as a Contested Category.
Constructing Youth.
Surveillance and Youth.
Global Youth.
Core and Periphery.
Notes.
Chapter Four: Global Music.
World Music and Cultural Imperialism.
Global Flows of Music.
Forms of Global Music.
Punk.
Hip-Hop.
Notes.
Chapter Five: Territories of Cultural Globalization.
Faye Wong.
Dick Lee.
Panlatinidad.
Audiotopias.
Apache Indian.
Other Asian Audiotopias.
Citizenship.
Desis in America.
Notes.
Conclusion.
References
