Cultural Autonomy: Frictions and Connections (Globalization and Autonomy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774817607 ISBN 13: 9780774817608

Publisher: UBC Press, 2011

Synopsis

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?

Cultural Autonomy showcases the work of scholars who are exploring new ways of understanding the critical issue of globalization and culture. By defining culture broadly – as a set of ideas or practices that range from skateboarding to the work of public intellectuals such as Edward Said – they trace how issues of cultural autonomy have played out in various areas, including the human rights and environmental movements and among indigenous peoples. Although the contributors focus on the marginalized issue of autonomy, they offer a balanced perspective – one that reveals that globalization has not only limited but also created new forms of cultural autonomy.

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About the Author

Petra Rethmann is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University. Imre Szeman is Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies and a professor of English and film studies at the University of Alberta. William D. Coleman is CIGI Chair in Globalization and Public Policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

Contributors: Eric Cazdyn, Arif Dirlik, Anna Greenspan, Heike Härting, Peter Hitchcock, Alex Khasnabish, Neil McLaughlin, Wren Nasr, Susie O’Brien, Colin Scott, Tim Sedo

Edition details

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774817607
• ISBN 13: 9780774817608
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Rethmann Petra, Szeman Imre, Coleman William D.