Culture's Vanities: The Paradox of Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World

by David Steigerwald

Book Overview

Americans want it both ways. They are committed to cultural diversity, yet demand an endless variety of cheap consumer goods from a global system that destroys distinct ways of life. In this groundbreaking work, David Steigerwald argues that Americans have papered over this paradox by embracing the rhetoric of diversity and multiculturalism, which hides the extent to which they have accepted homogenized ways of working and living.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742511979
• ISBN13: 9780742511972
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"