Mathews Gordon (EN) — Global Culture/Individual Identity

Global Culture/Individual Identity краткое содержание

Global Culture/Individual Identity - описание и краткое содержание, автор Mathews Gordon (EN), читать бесплатно онлайн на сайте электронной библиотеки Lib-King.Ru.

Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity?Global Culture/Individual Identity focuses on three groups for whom the tension between a particular national culture and the global cultural supermarket is especially acute: Japanese artists, American religious seekers and Hong Kong intellectuals after the handover to China. These ethnographic case studies form the basis for a theory of culture which we can all see reflected in our own lives.Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalization, culture and identity in a clear and lively style.