1st Edition
Cultures of Globalization Coherence, Hybridity, Contestation
Much has been written about the economic and political implications of the contemporary process of globalization. Much less has been written about the specific cultural implications.
Previously published as a special issue of Globalizations, this book seeks to add to our knowledge of the latter by bringing together researchers from different disciplines with the common goal of exploring the emerging cultural relations among groups and individuals in terms of coherence and hybridity, identity and allegiance, and cooperation and conflict.
As the world’s peoples increasingly travel, work, trade, recreate, and otherwise communicate with each other, relative cultural isolation (and isolationism) is becoming less and less possible. What does this mean for cultural coherence, stability and identity across the planet? What have been the cultural implications of, and reactions to, this increasing global interdependence among peoples? From more global and theoretical perspectives to more empirical and case-specific approaches, the various authors attempt to come to terms with the ever evolving and complex cultural content of contemporary globalization.
Chapter 1 – Culture and Globalization – Kevin Archer, Department of Geography, University of South Florida; M. Martin Bosman, Department of Geography, University of South Florida; M. Mark Amen, Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida; and Ella Schmidt, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of South Florida Chapter 2 - Banal Cosmopolitanism and the Authoritatrian Construction of Identity – Roland Robertson, Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen Chapter 3 - Globalization and Multiculturalism – Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois Chapter 4 - Sites, Practices and Connectivities: Reconceptualizing Globalizaiton, Urbanization and Culture – Sallie Marton, Keith Woodward and JP Jones, III – Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona Chapter 5 – The Global Trope and the New Urban Governmentality: Reality and Impacts – David Wilson, Department of Geography, University of Illinois Chapter 6 - Globalization, Globalizing Cities, Culture and Creativity – Peter Marcuse – Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, Columbia University Chapter 7 – Whose Culture? Globalism, Localism and the Expansion of Tradition: the Case of the Hnahnu of Hidalgo, Mexico and Clearwater, Florida, Ella Schmidt, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of South Florida Chapter 8 - Calle Ocho: Global Hustle and Flow, or Close Encounters on an American Streetscape? – Patricia Price, Department of International Relations, Florida International University Chapter 9 - The Grounding of Cultures in a Globalizing World - Kevin Archer, Department of Geography, University of South Florida; M. Martin Bosman, Department of Geography, University of South Florida; M. Mark Amen, Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida; and Ella Schmidt, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of South Florida
Biography
Kevin Archer is Associate Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of South Florida. He received his Ph.D. degree from The Johns Hopkins University., M. Martin Bosman is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of South Florida. He received his Ph.D. (Geography) from the University of Kentucky in 1999.
