Global Culture/Individual Identity - Searching for home in the cultural supermarket (Hardcover)

Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity?
Global Culture/Individual Identity focuses on three groups for whom the tension between a particular national culture and the global cultural supermarket is especially acute: Japanese artists, American religious seekers and Hong Kong intellectuals after the handover to China. These ethnographic case studies form the basis for a theory of culture which we can all see reflected in our own lives.
Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalization, culture and identity in a clear and lively style.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Gordon Mathews
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-20615-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-20615-4
Barcode:	9780415206150

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