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The multivoiced body : society and communication in the age of diversity /
Ethnic cleansing and other methods of political and social exclusion continue to thrive in our globalized world, complicating the idea that unity and diversity can exist in the same society. When we emphasize unity, we sacrifice heterogeneity, yet when we stress diversity, we create a plurality of i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Ethnic cleansing and other methods of political and social exclusion continue to thrive in our globalized world, complicating the idea that unity and diversity can exist in the same society. When we emphasize unity, we sacrifice heterogeneity, yet when we stress diversity, we create a plurality of individuals connected only by tenuous circumstance. As long as we remain tethered to these binaries, as long as we are unable to imagine the sort of society we want in an age of diversity, we cannot achieve an enduring solution to conflicts that continue unabated despite our increasing proxim. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 352 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-330) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231519366 0231519362 1281607568 9781281607560 9786613788276 6613788279 |