Globalizing cultures : theories, paradigms, actions /

"With the crisis of the global capitalist economy the topic of global culture is regaining its importance and needs to be revisited from both theoretical and practical standpoints. How do we make sense of this rapid flow of global consumer culture across national borders? What is the role of co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mele, Vincenzo (Editor ), Vujnovic, Marina, 1975- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, [2016]
Colección:Studies in critical social sciences ; volume 82.
Temas:
2000-2099
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects > History > 21st century.
Globalization > Social aspects > History > 21st century.
Globalization > Philosophy.
Culture > Economic aspects > History > 21st century.
Consumers > Social conditions > 21st century.
Capitalism > Social aspects > History > 21st century.
Commerce > Social aspects > History > 21st century.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 > Social aspects.
Civilization, Modern > 21st century.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Mondialisation > Philosophie.
Commerce > Aspect social > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009 > Aspect social.
Civilisation > 21e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Capitalism > Social aspects
Civilization, Modern
Commerce > Social aspects
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects
Culture > Economic aspects
Globalization > Philosophy
Globalization > Social aspects
Social aspects
Globalisierung
Kulturwandel
Kulturkontakt
Weltwirtschaft
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Globalizing Cultures: Theories, Paradigms, Actions; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Globalizing Cultures: Theories, Paradigms, Actions; PART 1: Theoretical Examinations and Concepts: Global Culture, Global Identity, and Global Civil Sphere; 1: Investigating Global Culture: Its Creation, Structure, and Meanings; 2: Global Interaction and Identity in Structuralist and Dialectic Perspectives: Toward a Typology of Psycho-cultural Identities
  • 3: The Civil Sphere beyond the Western Nation-State: Theoretical and Empirical Reflections on Alexander's Cultural Sociology and Its Contribution to Civil Society DiscoursePART 2: Neoliberalism between State and Market: Nationalism, International Free Trade and Persistence of the State; 4: The Role of the Nation-State in the Global Age; 5: Faustian States: Nationalist Politics and the Problem of Legitimacy in the Neoliberal Era; 6: Deification of Market; Homogenization of Cultures: 'Free Trade' and Other Euphemisms for Global Capitalism
  • Part 3: Transnational Practices and Resistance: Gender, Media, and Social Movements7: "Transnational Activism, Feminist Praxis, and Cultures of Resistance"; 8: Transnational Flashpublics: Social Media and Affective Contagions from Egypt to Occupy Wall Street; 9: Transnational Feminist Media Practices: Seeking Alliance against Global Capitalism; 10: Shifting Contours in Latin American Cultures of Resistance; PART 4: Global Consumer Culture: Tourism, Taste, Consumption and Imaginary
  • 11: Distinction and Social Class in America and Europe: Pierre Bourdieu's Theory of Taste in Cross-Cultural Comparison12: Consumption, Identity, Space: Shopping Malls in Bogotá; 13: Trafficking Gypsiness in the 21st Century; 14: Tourism, Expatriates, and Power Relations in Vieques, Puerto Rico; PART 5: Human Rights, Equality and Culture of Empowerment; 15: Overcoming the Divide: Arab Women between Traditional Life and a Globalizing Culture; 16: The Millennium Development Goals, Gender Equality, and Empowerment in India; Author Index; Subject Index

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