Spaces of Global Cultures

Spaces of Global Cultures
Author: Anthony King
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1134644469

^SDraws on social, cultural and postcolonial writings and architectural evidence from various cities around the world to examine existing theories of globalization and also develop new ones.

Global Culture

Global Culture
Author: Mike Featherstone
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1990-07-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780803983229

In this book leading social scientists from many countries analyze the extent to which we are seeing a globalization of culture. Is a unified world culture emerging? And if so, how does this relate to existing cultural divisions and to the autonomy of the nation state? Differing explanations are offered for trends towards global unification and their relation to an economic world-system. Will the intensification of global contact produce increasing tolerance of other cultures? Or will an integrating culture produce sharper reactions in the form of fundamentalist and nationalist movements? The contributors explore the emergence of `third cultures', such as international law, the financial markets and media conglomerates, as

Spaces of Identity

Spaces of Identity
Author: David Morley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134865309

We are living through a time when old identities - nation, culture and gender are melting down. Spaces of Identity examines the ways in which collective cultural identities are being reshaped under conditions of a post-modern geography and a communications environment of cable and satellite broadcasting. To address current problems of identity, the authors look at contemporary politics between Europe and its most significant others: America; Islam and the Orient. They show that it's against these places that Europe's own identity has been and is now being defined. A stimulating account of the complex and contradictory nature of contemporary cultural identities.

Modernity At Large

Modernity At Large
Author: Arjun Appadurai
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1996
Genre: Civilization, Modern
ISBN: 9781452900063

Merchant Cultures

Merchant Cultures
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2022-01-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004506578

The way merchants trade, think about business and represent commerce in art forms define merchant culture. The world between 1500 and 1800 encompassed different merchant cultures that stood alone and in contact with others. Culture, power relations and institutions framed similarities and differences and outlined the global outcome of these exchanges.

Public Relations in Global Cultural Contexts

Public Relations in Global Cultural Contexts
Author: Nilanjana Bardhan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2011-01-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135236836

This volume emphasizes theories and concepts that highlight global interconnectedness through a range of interpretative and critical approaches to understanding the global significance and impacts of public relations.

Global Nature, Global Culture

Global Nature, Global Culture
Author: Sarah Franklin
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2000-09-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1446264998

`An excellent book. The authors have the rare capacity to handle popular culture and case studies in a theoretically informed manner. Original and well researched′ - Mike Featherstone, Nottingham Trent University Understandings of globalization have been little explored in relation to gender or related concerns such as identity, subjectivity and the body. This book contrasts `the natural′ and `the global′ as interpretive strategies, using approaches from feminist cultural theory. The book begins by introducing the central themes: ideas of the natural; questions of scale and context posed by globalization and their relation to forms of cultural production; the transformation of genealogy; and the emergence of interest in definitions of life and life forms. The authors explores these questions through a number of case studies including Benneton advertising, Jurassic Park, The Body Shop, British Airways, Monsanto and Dolly the Sheep. In order to respecify the `nature, culture and gender′ concerns of two decades of feminist theory, this highly original book reflects, hypothesizes and develops new interpretive possibilities within established feminist analytical frames.

Culture, Spaces, and People

Culture, Spaces, and People
Author: Daksh Jain
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2023-06-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000897222

This volume discusses the nuances of cultural phenomena in the transforming urban landscape of Indian cities. It focuses on the role of globalization, transitioning economic patterns, National Urban policies in changing their urban landscape. The volume argues how culture is an important determinant of the emergent urban patterns. It decodes and determines the human centered inter-linkages such as social, cultural, economic, and political and their reactions in the transformations in urban morphology to understand the spatial perspective and visualization of new emerging cultural phenomena. The book reflects on the contemporary global forces and currently operational national urban policies that have enforced new dynamics of consumption, lifestyles, and institutions. Further, it also examines the ways in which these forces come together to create new hybrid cultures which manifest in spatial practices. With detailed case studies of different cities, this book will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of urban planning, cultural studies, urban sociology, urban geography, history, urban design, urban conservation, and policy studies. It will also be useful for professionals working in the field of smart cities in India and abroad, planning authorities, urban scientists, cultural tourists, artists, local cultural enthusiasts, and those interested in studying the urban conditions of Indian cities.