Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide

Wise, J. MacGregor

ISBN 10: 0631235396 / ISBN 13: 9780631235392

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631235396
• ISBN 13: 9780631235392
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Cultural Globalization: A User’s Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture and globalization. Drawing on extensive examples and interdisciplinary research, Wise explores concepts of culture, territory and identity in order to give students a new perspective on issues of globalization.

• Includes numerous examples from Asian, European, and North American youth culture and popular music
• Draws on interdisciplinary research from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, and media studies
• Considers how global processes carry with them the ethical questions of how to act in the world and how to care for others
• Provides an original and stimulating overview of theories of culture and globalization, encouraging
  students think more broadly about the key issues

About the Author

J. Macgregor Wise is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Exploring Technology and Social Space (1997), co-author (with Jennifer Daryl Slack) of Culture and Technology: A Primer (2005), and co-author (with Lawrence Grossberg, Ellen Wartella, and D. Charles Whitney) of the second edition of MediaMaking: Mass Media in a Popular Culture (2006).