Cross-Cultural History and the Domestication of Otherness

by Michal Jan Rozbicki and G. Ndege

Book Overview

Through case studies spanning Europe, America, Africa, and Asia, this book illuminates our historical understanding of what happens when different cultures meet. Here, twelve cultural historians explore the mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate that while they often occur within a global context, they only acquire meaning locally, where culture inherently resides. The contributors show that traditional, macro-scale frameworks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230339972
• ISBN13: 9780230339972
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"