| Cultural Autonomy: Frictions and Connections Contributor(s): Rethmann, Petra (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0774817593 ISBN-13: 9780774817592 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Political Science | Globalization - Computers |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2010294197 |
| Series: Globalization and Autonomy |
| Physical Information: 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Globalization has challenged concepts such as local culture and cultural autonomy. And the rampant commodification of cultural products has challenged the way we define culture itself. Have these developments transformed the relationship between culture and autonomy? Have traditional notions of cultural autonomy been recast? This book showcases the work of scholars who employ a broad definition of culture to trace how issues of cultural autonomy have played out in various arenas, including literary criticism, indigenous societies, the Slow Food movement, and skateboarding culture. Although they focus on the marginalized issue of autonomy, they reveal that globalization has both limited as well as created new forms of cultural autonomy. |