1st Edition

Spaces of Identity Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural Boundaries

By David Morley, Kevin Robins Copyright 1995
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

We are living through a time when old identities - nation, culture and gender are melting down. Spaces of Identity examines the ways in which collective cultural identities are being reshaped under conditions of a post-modern geography and a communications environment of cable and satellite broadcasting. To address current problems of identity, the authors look at contemporary politics between... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Globalisation As Identity Crisis; Chapter 2 Reimagined Communities?; Chapter 3 Culture, Community and Identity; Chapter 4 Euroculture; Chapter 5 No Place Like Heimat; Chapter 6 Tradition And Translation; Chapter 7 Under Western Eyes; Chapter 8 Techno-Orientalism, Japanpanic; Chapter 9 The Politics Of Silence; Chapter 10 The End of What?;

Biography

David Morley is Reader in Communication Studies at Goldsmiths' College, London.,
Kevin Robins is Reader in Cultural Geography and a Researcher at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.