Transcultural Experiments - Russian and American Models of Creative Communication (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)

Contemporary processes of globalization have had a profound impact on cultural production and dissemination both intra- and cross-culturally. The dissemination of cultures on a global scale has led to multiple and complex effects, among them the formation of radical new modes of cultural interaction, transcultural flows, and hybridized knowledges, forms not easily understandable in terms of traditional models of discrete national or ethnic cultures/subcultures. Transcultural Experiments develops new scholarly and creative strategies out of this intersection of cultural traditions, specifically in Russia and the United States. Ellen E. Berry and Mikhail N. Epstein define and enact a transcultural method as an alternative to the legacies of cultural divisions and hegemony that have dominated both Western and Second Worlds. The book introduces a system of original concepts and genres of writing that will help in mapping twenty-first century global culture: 'transculture' (vs. multiculturalism), 'interference' (vs. difference), 'potentiation' (vs. deconstruction), ethics of imagination, and collective improvisation. The authors make a revolutionary argument in cultural studies that will be of profound interest to anyone concerned with finding new modes of intercultural communication between the former First and Second Worlds.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	E. Berry • M. Epstein
Dimensions:	203 x 127mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	338
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-42157-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Promotions
LSN:	1-349-42157-X
Barcode:	9781349421572

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