Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket Contributor(s): Mathews, Gordon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415206154 ISBN-13: 9780415206150 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalization, culture and identity in a clear and lively style. Focusing on the tension that can exist as individuals struggle to formulate their sense of cultural identity in the global cultural supermarket, this book will be an illuminating and valuable read for social and cultural anthropologists, their students, and the interested lay person. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 306 |
LCCN: 99041333 |
Lexile Measure: 1340 |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.7" W x 8.79" (0.91 lbs) 244 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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? |