A01=J. MacGregor Wise
Author_J. MacGregor Wise
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cultural studies
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global music
global nomad
global youth
globalization
hegemony
identity
world music
Product details
- ISBN 9780631235385
- Weight: 354g
- Dimensions: 148 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 23 Apr 2008
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Cultural Globalization: A User’s Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture and globalization. Drawing on extensive examples and interdisciplinary research, Wise explores concepts of culture, territory and identity in order to give students a new perspective on issues of globalization.
- Includes numerous examples from Asian, European, and North American youth culture and popular music
- Draws on interdisciplinary research from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, and media studies
- Considers how global processes carry with them the ethical questions of how to act in the world and how to care for others
- Provides an original and stimulating overview of theories of culture and globalization, encouraging
students think more broadly about the key issues
J. Macgregor Wise is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Exploring Technology and Social Space (1997), co-author (with Jennifer Daryl Slack) of Culture and Technology: A Primer (2005), and co-author (with Lawrence Grossberg, Ellen Wartella, and D. Charles Whitney) of the second edition of MediaMaking: Mass Media in a Popular Culture (2006).
