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Title Cultural autonomy : frictions and connections / edited by Petra Rethmann, Imre Szeman, and William D. Coleman.

Publication Info. Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) : illustrations
Series Globalization and autonomy series
Globalization and autonomy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents ""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction: Cultural Autonomy, Politics, and Global Capitalism""; ""2 Our Ways of Knowing: Globalization � The End of Universalism?""; ""3 Bioeconomics, Culture, and Politics after Globalization""; ""4 Globalization, Postmodernism, and (Autonomous) Criticism""; ""5 The World, the Literary, and the Political""; ""6 Global Public Intellectuals, Autonomy, and Culture: Reflections Inspired by the Death of Edward Said""
""7 The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessment: James Bay Crees and Hydroelectric Projects""""8 Global Humanitarianism and Racial Autonomy in Roméo Dallaire�s Shake Hands with the Devil""; ""9 Global Activism and the Visual Grammar of Nature""; ""10 Making Big Noise: The Northern Resonance of Zapatismo""; ""11 Anti-Fascist Gluttons of the World Unite! The Cultural Politics of Slow Food""; ""12 Autonomy on the Market: China and India Change Tracks""
""13 Dead-Stock Boards, Blown-Out Spots, and the Olympic Games: Global Twists and Local Turns in the Formation of China�s Skateboarding Community""""Notes and Acknowledgments""; ""Works Cited""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
Summary Offers a multifaceted perspective on how global changes in the organization of power have transformed the ability of individuals and communities to create their own meanings.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Culture and globalization.
Politics and culture.
Autonomy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization.
Autonomy
Culture and globalization
Politics and culture
Added Author Rethmann, Petra, 1964- editor.
Szeman, Imre, 1968- editor.
Coleman, William D. (William Donald), 1950- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Cultural autonomy. Coleman, Imre Szeman, and William D. Coleman. Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, ©2010 0774817607 (OCoLC)698912468
ISBN 9780774817615 (electronic bk.)
0774817615 (electronic bk.)
1283335506
9781283335508
9780774817608 (hardcover)
0774817607 (hardcover)
9780774817592
0774817593