Culture And Global Change
Contributors: Allen, Tim
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780203984123
Subjects: Culture; Economic development; Social change
Description: Contains 25 chapters from leading writers in the field which each offer their own particular take on 'culture' and explore the significance and meaning of cultural issues for different people in different parts of the contemporary world.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CULTURE AND GLOBAL CHANGE; I CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT; II QUESTIONING CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS; III REPRESENTATIONS AND CULTURAL COMMODIFICATION; IV CULTURE AS EXPLANATION; V CULTURE AND RESISTANCE; VI CULTURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; VII RELIGION, CULTURE AND POLITICS; VIII CULTURE AS PRODUCT: CULTURE AS PLEASURE.