Seeing Culture Everywhere: From Genocide to Consumer Habits

by Joana Breidenbach and Pál Nyíri

Book Overview

Today's world is shaped by an obsession with cultural difference that penetrates everyday life and matters of state in unprecedented ways. Culture and cultural difference are commonly used to explain everything that's in the news - from wars to economic development and consumer behavior. This fuels the belief that our world is shaped by clashing cultures, a view that is counterproductive when it assumes falsely that culture is a timeless container...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295989505
• ISBN13: 9780295989501
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher