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Globalization and Autonomy
Cultural Autonomy

Cultural Autonomy

Frictions and Connections

Edited by Petra Rethmann, Imre Szeman and William D. Coleman

Published by: University of British Columbia Press

Series: Globalization and Autonomy

Imprint: UBC Press

344 Pages, 165.00 × 229.00 mm, 3 b&w photos

Paperback
9780774817608
Published: January 2011

£28.99

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Hardcover
9780774817592
Published: April 2010

£84.00

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Globalization has challenged concepts such as local culture and cultural autonomy. And the rampant commodification of cultural products has challenged the way we define culture itself. Have these developments transformed the relationship between culture and autonomy? Have traditional notions of cultural autonomy been recast?

Cultural Autonomy showcases the work of scholars who are exploring new ways of understanding the critical issue of globalization and culture. By defining culture broadly – as a set of ideas or practices that range from skateboarding to the work of public intellectuals such as Edward Said – they trace how issues of cultural autonomy have played out in various areas, including the human rights and environmental movements and among indigenous peoples. Although the contributors focus on the marginalized issue of autonomy, they offer a balanced perspective – one that reveals that globalization has not only limited but also created new forms of cultural autonomy.

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: Cultural Autonomy, Politics, and Global Capitalism / William D. Coleman, Imre Szeman, and Petra Rethman

2 Our Ways of Knowing: Globalization – The End of Universalism? / Arif Dirlik

3 Bioeconomics, Culture, and Politics after Globalization / Eric Cazdyn

4 Globalization, Postmodernism, and (Autonomous) Criticism / Imre Szeman

5 The World, the Literary, and the Political / Peter Hitchcock

6 Global Public Intellectuals, Autonomy, and Culture: Reflections Inspired by the Death of Edward Said / Neil McLaughlin

7 The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessment: James Bay Crees and Hydroelectric Projects / Wren Nasr and Colin Scott

8 Global Humanitarianism and Racial Autonomy in Roméo Dallaire's Shake Hands with the Devil / Heike Härting

9 Global Activism and the Visual Grammar of Nature / Petra Rethmann

10 Making Big Noise: The Northern Resonance of Zapatismo / Alex Khasnabish

11 Anti-Fascist Gluttons of the World Unite! The Cultural Politics of Slow Food / Susie O'Brien

12 Autonomy on the Market: China and India Change Tracks / Anna Greenspan

13 Dead-Stock Boards, Blown-Out Spots, and the Olympic Games: Global Twists and Local Turns in the Formation of China's Skateboarding Community / Tim Sedo

Notes and Acknowledgments; Works Cited; Contributors; Index

Petra Rethmann is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University. Imre Szeman is Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies and a professor of English and film studies at the University of Alberta. William D. Coleman is CIGI Chair in Globalization and Public Policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

Contributors: Eric Cazdyn, Arif Dirlik, Anna Greenspan, Heike Härting, Peter Hitchcock, Alex Khasnabish, Neil McLaughlin, Wren Nasr, Susie O'Brien, Colin Scott, Tim Sedo