Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume examines the way cultures and individuals oppose, resist and re-center globalization.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Vincenzo Mele, PhD (2004), University of Bielefeld/University of Pisa, is Researcher Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Pisa. He has published monographs and articles in the field of cultural and urban studies, including Sociology, Aesthetics & The City (Plus - Università di Pisa, 2011). Marina Vujnovic, PhD (2008), University of Iowa, is Assistant Professor of Global Communication, Media and Journalism at Monmouth University, NJ. She authored a monograph on Gender and Journalism in interwar Yugoslavia and co-authored one on Partecipatory Journalism Practices in Online Newspaper.
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Acknowledgments ix Notes on the Contributors x Introduction: Globalizing Cultures: Theories, Paradigms, Actions 1 Vincenzo Mele and Marina Vujnovic PART 1: THEORETICAL EXAMINATIONS AND CONCEPTS: GLOBAL CULTURE, GLOBAL IDENTITY, AND GLOBAL CIVIL SPHERE 1 Investigating Global Culture: Its Creation, Structure, and Meanings 23 Victoria Reyes 2 Global Interaction and Identity in Structuralist and Dialectic Perspectives: Toward a Typology of Psycho-cultural Identities 39 Ino Rossi Emeritus 3 The Civil Sphere beyond the Western Nation-State: Theoretical and Empirical Reflections on Alexander's Cultural Sociology and Its Contribution to Civil Society Discourse 66 Peter Kivisto PART 2: NEOLIBERALISM BETWEEN STATE AND MARKET: NATIONALISM, INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE AND PERSISTENCE OF THE STATE 4 The Role of the Nation-State in the Global Age 89 Andrea Borghini 5 Faustian States: Nationalist Politics and the Problem of Legitimacy in the Neoliberal Era 111 Cory Blad 6 Deification of Market; Homogenization of Cultures: 'Free Trade' and Other Euphemisms for Global Capitalism 124 Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis PART 3: TRANSNATIONAL PRACTICES AND RESISTANCE: GENDER, MEDIA, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 7 Transnational Activism, Feminist Praxis, and Cultures of Resistance 143 Nancy A. Naples 8 Transnational Flash Publics: Social Media and Affective Contagions from Egypt to Occupy Wall Street 174 Jack Bratich 9 Transnational Feminist Media Practices: Seeking Alliance Against Global Capitalism 196 Marina Vujnovic 10 Shifting Contours in Latin American Cultures of Resistance 211 Ricardo A. Dello Buono PART 4: GLOBAL CONSUMER CULTURE: TOURISM, TASTE, CONSUMPTION AND IMAGINARY 11 Distinction and Social Class in America and Europe. Pierre Bourdieu's Theory of Taste in Cross-Cultural Comparison 233 Vincenzo Mele 12 Consumption, Identity, Space: Shopping Malls in Bogotá 258 Enrico Campo 13 Trafficking Gypsiness in the 21st Century 288 Mihaela Moscaliuc 14 Tourism, Expatriates, and Power Relations in Vieques, Puerto Rico 311 Karen Schmelzkopf PART 5: HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND CULTURE OF EMPOWERMENT 15 Overcoming the Divide: Arab Women between Traditional Life and a Globalizing Culture 331 Saliba Sarsar and Manal Stephan 16 The Millennium Development Goals and Gender Equality, and Empowerment in India 353 Rekha Datta Index 371
Acknowledgments ix Notes on the Contributors x Introduction: Globalizing Cultures: Theories, Paradigms, Actions 1 Vincenzo Mele and Marina Vujnovic PART 1: THEORETICAL EXAMINATIONS AND CONCEPTS: GLOBAL CULTURE, GLOBAL IDENTITY, AND GLOBAL CIVIL SPHERE 1 Investigating Global Culture: Its Creation, Structure, and Meanings 23 Victoria Reyes 2 Global Interaction and Identity in Structuralist and Dialectic Perspectives: Toward a Typology of Psycho-cultural Identities 39 Ino Rossi Emeritus 3 The Civil Sphere beyond the Western Nation-State: Theoretical and Empirical Reflections on Alexander's Cultural Sociology and Its Contribution to Civil Society Discourse 66 Peter Kivisto PART 2: NEOLIBERALISM BETWEEN STATE AND MARKET: NATIONALISM, INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE AND PERSISTENCE OF THE STATE 4 The Role of the Nation-State in the Global Age 89 Andrea Borghini 5 Faustian States: Nationalist Politics and the Problem of Legitimacy in the Neoliberal Era 111 Cory Blad 6 Deification of Market; Homogenization of Cultures: 'Free Trade' and Other Euphemisms for Global Capitalism 124 Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis PART 3: TRANSNATIONAL PRACTICES AND RESISTANCE: GENDER, MEDIA, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 7 Transnational Activism, Feminist Praxis, and Cultures of Resistance 143 Nancy A. Naples 8 Transnational Flash Publics: Social Media and Affective Contagions from Egypt to Occupy Wall Street 174 Jack Bratich 9 Transnational Feminist Media Practices: Seeking Alliance Against Global Capitalism 196 Marina Vujnovic 10 Shifting Contours in Latin American Cultures of Resistance 211 Ricardo A. Dello Buono PART 4: GLOBAL CONSUMER CULTURE: TOURISM, TASTE, CONSUMPTION AND IMAGINARY 11 Distinction and Social Class in America and Europe. Pierre Bourdieu's Theory of Taste in Cross-Cultural Comparison 233 Vincenzo Mele 12 Consumption, Identity, Space: Shopping Malls in Bogotá 258 Enrico Campo 13 Trafficking Gypsiness in the 21st Century 288 Mihaela Moscaliuc 14 Tourism, Expatriates, and Power Relations in Vieques, Puerto Rico 311 Karen Schmelzkopf PART 5: HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND CULTURE OF EMPOWERMENT 15 Overcoming the Divide: Arab Women between Traditional Life and a Globalizing Culture 331 Saliba Sarsar and Manal Stephan 16 The Millennium Development Goals and Gender Equality, and Empowerment in India 353 Rekha Datta Index 371
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