Expediency of Culture - Uses of Culture in the Global Era

Informationen zum Autor George Yúdice Klappentext "George Yudice's book demonstrates more clearly than any other I know how deeply and inextricably culture is today, in the era of globalization, embedded in economic circuits and political regimes. His provocative analyses of the function of culture in contexts throughout the Americas give us a new and powerful model for cultural studies."--Michael Hardt, coauthor of "Empire" Zusammenfassung Presents a pioneering theorization of the changing role of culture in an increasingly global world. This book explores how groups ranging from indigenous activists to nation-states to nongovernmental organizations have all come to see culture as a valuable resource to be invested in! contested! and used for varied sociopolitical and economic ends. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 The Expediency of Culture 9 2 The Social Imperative to Perform 40 3 The Globalization of Culture and the New Civil Society 82 4 The Funkification of Rio 109 5 Parlaying Culture into Social Justice 133 6 Consumption and Citizenship? 160 7 The Globalization of Latin America: Miami 192 8 Free Trade and Culture 214 9 Producing the Cultural Economy: The Collaborative Art of inSITE 287 Conclusion 338 Notes 363 Works Cited 391 Index 453

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George Yudice, Yudice, George Yudice, George Yúdice
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.01.2004
• EAN: 9780822331681
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3168-1
• Pagine: 480
• Dimensioni: 171 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention; Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie