Cosmopolitan desire
Subtitle: transcultural dialogues and antiterrorism in Morroco
By: Stephen William Foster.
Series: Alterations book series
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; AltaMira Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780759110236; 9780759110243
Subjects: Ethnology -- Morocco; Ethnopsychology -- Morocco; Ethnocentrism -- Morocco; Cultural relativism -- Morocco; Multiculturalism -- Morocco; Individual differences -- Morocco; Morocco -- Ethnic relations; Morocco -- Social life and customs
Description: "Foster's timely work looks at globalization processes and the transformations that occur within a diverse society. He investigates the multicultural blend of Western and Moslem cultures in Morocco, showing how a multicultural society deals with differences, e.g., how urban secularized Moslems constitute their identities, and how they present themselves to non-Moslem Westerners. Foster's work is about close encounters-he captures the dialogues between individuals and their resistance to intolerance. He offers a combination of narrative & life history, timely investigation of the intercultural problems facing Westerners & Moslims, and a consideration of the broader psychological and political forces at work in a multicultural society. His ethnography is a rich resource for anthropologists and African studies researchers."--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Destinations; title: Theater; title: Poetics of place; title: Café table; title: Symbolic wounds; title: Possible cosmopolitans; title: The predicament of difference; title: Postscript.