Perspectives on global cultures - Harindranath, Ramaswami (Open University Press, 2006)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-175) and index
Cover -- Half Title -- Published Titles -- Title -- Copyright -- TOC36;Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- CH36;Chapter 1 ONE GLOBAL CULTURE OR MANY63; -- Revealing absences -- The global45;local dialectic a process of homogenization63; -- The politics of cultural production -- Further reading -- CH36;Chapter 2 THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE -- Culture wars -- Cultural identity and the voice of the Other -- Further reading -- CH36;Chapter 3 THE SUBALTERN AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION -- The ideology or hegemony debate a small detour -- The subaltern and agency -- Conceiving subaltern resistance -- Further reading -- Part 2 -- CH36;Chapter 4 MULTI45;CULTURES44; NATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL -- Contestations and debates -- Different contexts44; diverse conceptions -- Negotiating sameness and difference -- Recognition and identity -- Subaltern aesthetics -- Transnational identities and the media -- Further reading -- CH36;Chapter 5 THIRD CINEMA -- Renewing Third Cinema theory -- National and gender politics -- Cinematic representations of national identity -- Further reading -- CH36;Chapter 6 INDIGENOUS POLITICS AND REPRESENTATION -- The 8216;indigenous in nationalist discourse -- Indigeneity44; land and representation -- Mediations of Aboriginal experience and politics -- Further reading -- CH36;Chapter 7 GLOBALIZATION44; IMPERIALISM AND NATIONAL CULTURE -- Globalization or imperialism63; -- The market44; the state and the nation -- Nationalism44; then -- Nationalism44; now -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- IDX36;Index -- Back cover -- Last Page
This work examines intellectual contributions and cultural expression from Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. It looks at the connections between national cultural and political projects during anticolonial struggles, including national and transnational cinema and television. It links into contemporary debates on global cultures, including race and difference, postcolonial studies, multiculturalism, and "third cinema
Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Globalization; Intercultural communication; Mass media and culture; Mass media / Political aspects; Nationalism; Culturele verschillen; Internationalisatie; Globalisierung; Kulturelle Identität; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Massenmedien; Nationalismus; Politik; Mass media -- Political aspects; Entwicklungsländer