| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 274 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Textures
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Textures (New York, N.Y.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-265) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Illustrations; General Introduction; Part One: The Crisis of Modern Subjectivity; Part Two: Shadows of Fascism and Western Culture; Part Three: Africa at the Passing of White Supremacy; Part Four: Eastern Europe After Communism; Part Five: Far East/Far West; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Topics; Credits; Contributors; Editors. |
| Summary |
Thresholds of Western Culture explores identity, postcoloniality and transnationalism--three closely related issues which redefine contemporary cultural identity. The book opens with an analysis of subjectivity and the cultural meltdown that accompanied fascism in the West. The situation in Africa is then explored which, while recalling modernity's dark side, highlights the intricacy of postcolonial identity. Post-Soviet Eastern Europe presents a separate case of neglected postcoloniality which emphasizes how ethnocentrism and cultural tensions have exposed the fragility of transnationalism. Th. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civilization, Western -- History -- 20th century.
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Civilization, Western. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Foster, John Burt, 1945-
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Froman, Wayne Jeffrey, 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thresholds of western culture. New York : Continuum, 2002 0826459994 9780826459992 (DLC) 2002074054 (OCoLC)50270899 |
| ISBN |
9781847143280 (electronic book) |
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1847143288 (electronic book) |
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0826459994 (alkaline paper) |
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0826460011 (paperback) |
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9780826459992 (alkaline paper) |
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9780826460011 (paperback) |
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