Modernity at large
Subtitle: cultural dimensions of globalization
By: Arjun Appadurai.
Series: Public worlds ;; v. 1
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Culture; Civilization, Modern -- 1950-; Ethnicity; Mass media -- Social aspects
Description: "Offering a new framework for the cultural study of globalization, Modernity at Large shows how the imagination works as a social force in today's world, providing new resources for identity and energies for creating alternatives to the nation-state, whose era some see as coming to an end. Appadurai examines to current epoch of globalization, which is characterized by the twin forces of mass migration and electronic mediation, and provides fresh ways of looking at popular consumption patterns, debates about multiculturalism, and ethnic violence. He considers the way images--of lifestyles, popular culture, and self-representation--circulate internationally through the media and are often borrowed in surprising (to their originators) and inventive fashions." -- Provided by publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-217) and index.