Beyond Globalization: Making New Worlds in Media, Art, and Social Practices

Book Overview

Does living in a globally networked society mean that we are moving toward a single, homogenous world culture? Or, are we headed for clashes between center and periphery, imperial and subaltern, Western and non-Western, First and Third World? The interdisciplinary essays in Beyond Globalization present us with another possibility--that new media will lead to new kinds of "worldmaking."

This provocative volume brings together the best...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813551544
• ISBN13: 9780813551548
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary