The Expediency of Culture: Uses of Culture in the Global Era

by George Yúdice

Book Overview

The Expediency of Culture is a pioneering theorization of the changing role of culture in an increasingly globalized world. George Y dice explores critically 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. Through a dazzling series of illustrative studies, Y dice challenges...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822331683
• ISBN13: 9780822331681
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"