ISBN:
0203459342
,
9780203459348
,
9780415206150
,
0415206154
,
9780415206167
,
0415206162
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 228 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mathews, Gordon Global culture/individual identity
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Identité collective
;
Relations internationales et culture
;
Caractéristiques nationales
;
Ethnicité
;
Culture
;
Culture
;
Group identity
;
International relations and culture
;
Acculturation
;
National characteristics
;
Ethnicity
;
Electronic books
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Acculturation
;
Culture
;
Ethnicity
;
Group identity
;
International relations and culture
;
National characteristics
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
1. On the meanings of culture -- 2. What in the world is Japanese? On the cultural identities of kotoists, calligraphers, bebop pianists, and punk rockers -- 3. What in the world is American? On the cultural identities of evangelical Christians, spiritual searchers, and Tibetan Buddhists -- 4. What in the world is Chinese? On the cultural identities of Hong Kong intellectuals in the shadow and wake of 1 July 1997 -- 5. Searching for home in the cultural supermarket.
Abstract:
Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalisation, culture and identity in a clear and lively style. His book will be an illuminating and valuable read to social and cultural anthropologists and students
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-222) and index. - Description based on print version record
