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Title Cultural autonomy : frictions and connections / edited by Petra Rethmann, Imre Szeman, and William D. Coleman
Published Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2010]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) : illustrations
Series Globalization and autonomy series
Globalization and autonomy.
Contents ""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction: Cultural Autonomy, Politics, and Global Capitalism""; ""2 Our Ways of Knowing: Globalization � The End of Universalism?""; ""3 Bioeconomics, Culture, and Politics after Globalization""; ""4 Globalization, Postmodernism, and (Autonomous) Criticism""; ""5 The World, the Literary, and the Political""; ""6 Global Public Intellectuals, Autonomy, and Culture: Reflections Inspired by the Death of Edward Said""
""7 The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessment: James Bay Crees and Hydroelectric Projects""""8 Global Humanitarianism and Racial Autonomy in Roméo Dallaire�s Shake Hands with the Devil""; ""9 Global Activism and the Visual Grammar of Nature""; ""10 Making Big Noise: The Northern Resonance of Zapatismo""; ""11 Anti-Fascist Gluttons of the World Unite! The Cultural Politics of Slow Food""; ""12 Autonomy on the Market: China and India Change Tracks""
""13 Dead-Stock Boards, Blown-Out Spots, and the Olympic Games: Global Twists and Local Turns in the Formation of China�s Skateboarding Community""""Notes and Acknowledgments""; ""Works Cited""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
Summary Offers a multifaceted perspective on how global changes in the organization of power have transformed the ability of individuals and communities to create their own meanings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Culture and globalization.
Politics and culture.
Autonomy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization.
Autonomy
Culture and globalization
Politics and culture
Kultur
Globalisierung
Autonomie
Kultur och globalisering.
Form Electronic book
Author Rethmann, Petra, 1964- editor.
Szeman, Imre, 1968- editor.
Coleman, William D. (William Donald), 1950- editor.
ISBN 9780774817615
0774817615
1283335506
9781283335508