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The Expediency of Culture : Uses of Culture in the Global Era.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (477 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822385370
Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306
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Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Expediency of Culture -- 2 The Social Imperative to Perform -- 3 The Globalization of Culture and the New Civil Society -- 4 The Funkification of Rio -- 5 Parlaying Culture into Social Justice -- 6 Consumption and Citizenship? -- 7 The Globalization of Latin America: Miami -- 8 Free Trade and Culture -- 9 Producing the Cultural Economy: The Collaborative Art of INSITE -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Summary: Deals with global flows of capital, information and popular culture, questions of hybridity, identity politics, postcoloniality and the state, with a focus on Latin America.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Expediency of Culture -- 2 The Social Imperative to Perform -- 3 The Globalization of Culture and the New Civil Society -- 4 The Funkification of Rio -- 5 Parlaying Culture into Social Justice -- 6 Consumption and Citizenship? -- 7 The Globalization of Latin America: Miami -- 8 Free Trade and Culture -- 9 Producing the Cultural Economy: The Collaborative Art of INSITE -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Deals with global flows of capital, information and popular culture, questions of hybridity, identity politics, postcoloniality and the state, with a focus on Latin America.

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