ISBN:
0816640750
,
0816640742
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xlii, 194 p)
,
ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Rituals of Mediation : International Politics and Social Meaning
DDC:
303.48/2
Keywords:
Cultural relations
;
Intercultural communication
;
International relations and culture
;
Cultural relations
;
Intercultural communication
;
International relations and culture
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The authors consider international issues like security, development, political activism, and the war against terrorism through the lens of cultural practices such as traveling through airports, exhibiting art and photography, logging on to the Internet, and spinning news stories
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rituals of Mediation; PART I: Sites of Mediation; ONE: Site Specific: Medi(t)ations at the Airport; TWO: Spatializing International Activism: Genetically Modified Foods on the Internet; THREE: Postcards from Aztlán; PART II: Sights of Mediation; FOUR: Salgado and the Sahel: Documentary Photography and the Imaging of Famine; FIVE: Sensationally Mediated Moralities: Innocence, Purity, and Danger; SIX: Site Improvements: Discovering Direct-Mail Retail as "B2C" Industrial Democracy; PART III: Mediation, Cultural Governance, and the Political
Description / Table of Contents:
SEVEN: Culture, Governance, and Global BiopoliticsEIGHT: Spinning the World: Spin Doctors,Mediation, and Foreign Policy; Epilogue: Romantic Mediations of September 11; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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