A rich, witty, and accessible introduction to the anthropology
of contemporary cultures, "Cultural Complexity" emphasizes that
culture is organized in terms of states, markets, and movements.
Hannerz pays special attention to the interplay between the
centralizing agencies of culture, such as schools and media, and
the decentering diversity of subcultures, and considers the special
role of cities as the centers of cultural growth.
Hannerz discusses cultural process in small-scale societies, the
concept of subcultures, and the economics and politics of culture.
Finally, he presents the twentieth-century globalization of culture
as a process of cultural diffusion, polycentralism, and local
innovation, focusing on periods of intensive cultural productivity
in Vienna, Calcutta, and San Francisco.
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