The Neocolonialism of the Global Village

by Ginger Nolan

Uncovering a vast maze of realities in the media theories of Marshall McLuhan

The term "global village"--coined in the 1960s by Marshall McLuhan--has persisted into the twenty-first century as a key trope of techno-humanitarian discourse, casting economic and technical transformations in a utopian light. Against that tendency, this book excavates the violent history, originating with techniques of colonial rule in Africa, that gave...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517904862
• ISBN13: 9781517904869
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 6.9"