▪ Abstract This chapter reviews the literature on media and globalization. It develops the
argument that this literature foregrounds a problem that, ironically, it also largely disavows …

Focusing on the commodification of various forms of cultural difference, this paper reviews
recent work within the 'globalization'and 'creolization'paradigms, outlining an agenda for …

Globalization is now widely discussed, but the debates often focus on economic issues. A
lucid and engaging writer, John Tomlinson goes far beyond traditional discussions to …

This pathbreaking book is the first to provide a rigorous and comprehensive examination of
Internet culture and consumption. A rich ethnography of Internet use, the book offers a …

Borders are where wars start, as Primo Levi once wrote. But they are also bridges-that is,
sites for ongoing cultural exchange. Anyone studying how nations and states maintain …

The ambition of this book is to resituate the problem of'world literature', considered as a
revived category of theoretical enquiry, by pursuing the literary-cultural implications of the …

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The fundamental premiss underlying the concept of an 'anthropology of the senses' is that
sensory perception is a cultural, as well as a physical, act. That is, sight, hearing, touch, taste …

Global economic crisis and the implications of global environmental change have led
academics and policy-makers to consider how 'development'in all parts of the world should …

First Published in 1998. The so-called'cultural tum'in contemporary geography has brought
new ways of thinking about geography and culture, taking cultural geography into exciting …