Transculturalism: How the World is Coming Together - Softcover

Grunitzky, Claude

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576872181 ISBN 13: 9781576872185

Publisher: powerHouse Books,U.S., 2004

Synopsis

Transculturalism goes beyond race, religion, sexuality, class, and every sort of classification known to sociologists and marketers. Transculturalists lead lives some may consider unusual. They often think, consume, date, or marry outside of their race, religion, or nationality. They travel on a whim to a faraway lands, dress unconventionally and codify their own styles. They live in areas their parents were once barred from and take jobs previously considered outside of their leagues. They are comfortable listening to, creating, and criticizing music outside of their original cultures and often display high levels of creativity in various progressive disciplines. Some call transculturalists heretics; many call them the future.

Transculturalism: How the World Is Coming Together features contributions from such transculturalist visionaries as photographers Jamel Shabazz, Larry Clark, and Ellen von Unwerth; writers Alix Sharkey, Stephen Greco, and Anicee Gaddis; and includes profiles of celebrity transculturalists Alicia Keys, Rosario Dawson, and Tiffany Limos.

About this title

Synopsis:

The basic premise of this optimistic text is that some individuals find ways to transcend their original culture in order to explore, examine and infiltrate alien cultures. These people are "transculturalists" and their experiences defy race, religion, sexuality, class and other sorts of classification.

About this edition

• Publisher: powerHouse Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1576872181
• ISBN 13: 9781576872185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270